Stripping down and cleaning a bike

[Dave5N]

The trick is quick!

I strip, clean and reassemble four bikes in an hour and a half every week in the winter - one also gets done again mid week. (in the dark)

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Use some paraffin and some old rags to get between the sprockets. With the wheel off you can get everything reasonably clean. I still tend to give my bikes a heavy overhaul once a year when I'm riding regularly, which involves a complete strip down of the transmission. But unless it's really filthy you shouldn't need to do that much.

 

[Van Nick]

Strangely enough, I was watching this YouTube video over the weekend which you might find useful.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcjUzJJ3pv8

 

[robbarker]

Strangely enough, I was watching this YouTube video over the weekend which you might find useful.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcjUzJJ3pv8

Blimey he makes hard work of that. Take the axle and cones out to move a freewheel from one wheel to another? Put a worn freewheel on a brand new wheel? Carry all this out kneeling on the floor of your back yard? The guy certainly knows very little about wrenching!