Sand!

[Twinks]

Ok so we did a coastal ride today and got caught in heavy rain too, so now bikes are wet and must be full of sand (as everything else is!). Discussion now is how best to clean them up.

 

[gbb]

Wash down first with a hose, preferably not high pressure, just to wash away loose grit and sand..preferably before the crud dries. Then clean the bike pretty much as normal.

 

[Mobytek]

Depends on your bike and how precious you are / fine tuned it is.

AVOID pressure washer, just hose - may be worth some surface degreaser to breakdown grease traps (jockey wheeks, derailleurs, chain) that have now clung onto sand, then re-lube afterwards.

If youre on a high end / precision bike or you are finikity, then good excuse for a strip and rebuild and clean everything out.

I'd suggest a thorough chain clean!

 

[ufkacbln]

Don't forget the thorough "Shelbroco chain clean"

 

[Bianchi boy]

Don't forget the thorough "Shelbroco chain clean"

Is that tongue-in - cheek?

 

[byegad]

Hose, wipe hose, strip down to basic components, including taking the balls out of every race. Clean and re-lube and rebuild and listen to the sand grinding in places you'd hardly credit.

 

[ufkacbln]

Is that tongue-in - cheek?

ShelBroCo are a US "Company" that pioneered cycling is a way that no-one else has

Such products as teh Real Man Saddle made from genuine Canadian Granite:

There was also the Carrababy baby transport system:

... and of course the Twin dérailleur system allowing 10 speeds and removing the need for dished wheels

Is it Tongue in cheek?

Perhaps a little