Jet wash

[s7ephanie]

Im sure ive asked before but can you use a jet wash on a bike?

 

[ianrauk]

Yes. but just keep the jet away from any bearings.

 

[s7ephanie]

Thank you x

 

[pawl]

On my Karcher it has various adjustments at the nozzle from high to lower power spray.


I don’t use the Karcher to wash my bike,it just as quick to spray it with bike cieaner and wash it down with a sponge.

 

[fossyant]

Use at a distance. I've only ever used one on a filthy MTB before putting it in the car at a trail centre. I'd never use one otherwise. A hose is usually enough pressure to wash off the bad stuff, before soap and a sponge.

 

[bpsmith]

It’s all down to common sense. You can use a pressure washer safely or you can cause some real damage. It’s pretty obvious when you’re doing either extreme tbh.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Use at a distance. I've only ever used one on a filthy MTB before putting it in the car at a trail centre. I'd never use one otherwise. A hose is usually enough pressure to wash off the bad stuff, before soap and a sponge.

Me too.
Usually after getting home after a muddy ..

 

[Levo-Lon]

Just a point of health.
Using water from a water butt for pressure washing carries a high Llegionella infection risk.
So connect to your outside tap ,i know...

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

A hose is easily enough.

 

[Black Sheep]

wash?

 

[Johnno260]

I just hand clean mine, rinse it, use some muc-off spray, clean and dry with an old rag.

 

[screenman]

A hose is easily enough.

If your bike is not very dirty.

 

[screenman]

Jet wash every time here, never done any damage.

 

[Globalti]

Just a point of health.
Using water from a water butt for pressure washing carries a high Llegionella infection risk.
So connect to your outside tap ,i know...

With respect this is nonsense. Legionella is a bacterium, which thrives in a very specific environment under very specific circumstances at very specific temperatures. It will not grow in the freezing cold temperature of an outdoor water butt! If it was possible, how come there hasnt been a health scare over legionella in ornamental ponds, which can reach quite warm temperatures in hot sunshine?

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

If your bike is not very dirty.

Nope. Works when it's very very dirty too.