keeping a bike clean

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ofblong · #11 Unread post by **ofblong** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:09 pm

wow I must have a dirty bike. I wash mine in the winter after the first snow fall and then again after riding a couple of times after winter to get the salt off.

LadyBosque · Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:59 pm

This is the standard joke at our house.....

The Lady (my bike) get washed and waxed on almost weekly basis. My hubby's bike gets rained on.

Other day he came in as mad as an old wet hen accusing me of washing his mirrors. Had to remind him that he rode home in deluge two days prior..

hk255 · #13 Unread post by **hk255** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:13 am

ill use scrubing bubbles spraycan works great gets in all the fins of the motor and nooks and crannys just hose it off and dry and good to go. i also use ajax or comet bleach on my white walls better than 10 bucks for white wall cleaner at the dealer for a 1.50 can it will last all year and into the next

Bluebabe · #14 Unread post by **Bluebabe** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:42 am

Scrubbing bubbles, eh? Will have to try that next time!! The whitewall cleaners are a good idea, too! They wouldn't "mess" with the rubber in the tire any, would they?

ofblong · #15 Unread post by **ofblong** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:01 am

whats up with all the old threads being brought up?

Bluebabe · Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:06 am

sorry, didn't know it was old....just talkin' with others...

Could you help then in pointing us in the right direction or letting us know where the "old thread" is? I guess if you have been around here for a while, pretty much everything has already been discussed so would appreciate some direction...

Thanks!

ofblong · #17 Unread post by **ofblong** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:41 am

Bluebabe wrote:sorry, didn't know it was old....just talkin' with others...

Could you help then in pointing us in the right direction or letting us know where the "old thread" is? I guess if you have been around here for a while, pretty much everything has already been discussed so would appreciate some direction...

Thanks!

hk255 brought it up not you. But to help you out at the top of every post is the date it was posted. for example if you look at the very first post it states.

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:58 pm Post subject: keeping a bike clean

#18 Unread post by **dr_bar** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:49 am

Sometimes, an old thread is worthy of bringing back up. Just like this one at a time when cleaning the winter crud off of a bike is important to some people...

Ninja Geoff · Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:14 am

DustyJacket wrote:ride in the rain and get a free wash......

+1

Or I just go to the self serve car wash. Just don't hit any exposed wires/tubes/etc/wheel bearing at full blast. In fact, there's isn't much I hit with full blast...

gypsy_woman · Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:36 am

yeah this is definitly a good thread. I plan to be riding my bike year round in oregon, which is a lot of rain, which means a lot of cleaning i think, I keep looking at older bikes, 20 y/o and older for some reason, i just love the look and character of older standards/naked/cruisers. not to mention less expensive and from what i hear generally easier to work on than newer bikes. back to my point.... daily commutes in the rain=lots of bike washing???
gypsy