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Friday Fun: Bike Wash Editiion


TyronLab

Bike Wash Frequency  

44 members have voted

  1. 1. When do you wash your bike?

    • Before the race to have it prepped and directly after... also before every ride... I like clean things...
      15
    • Before a race only. I need to show off my credit-maxing "investment", who cares what it looks like in the week.
      6
    • It's going to get dirty anyway, so after a race only. Its like a soapy thank you!
      10
    • I'm a filthy animal, my bike is only washed when I ride in a hurricane, with beard sweat or with my opponents' tears!
      3
    • How bored ARE you at work?!
      10


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So after the tremendous success of my snot-related poll (I've mastered the snot rocket in the meantime by the way, much to the dismay of the missus and the adulation of my offspring), I thought I'd shoot the Hub community another opinion poll.

 

I have a race coming up tomorrow, and I strongly believe that preparation is key to success. Clean kit and fresh snacks packed, chain lubed, sunglasses cleaned and bike checked over all done the night before. The only question I have relates to bike washing.

 

Being a slightly OCD person, I like having a clean bike. Hard training however leaves it a bit dusty and dirty as you know. I can't decide whether to spend an hour washing it to be clean basically while I sleep only, or only get to it after it gets all dusty tomorrow.

 

As always, comments (and jokes, its a Friday so you get double points for a good pun) appreciated.

Posted

clean the drivetrain only

no washing, especially if you rock up at the race with a MTB. then even your shoes must be full of mud, just to piss off the roadies

 

Posted
  On 8/24/2018 at 12:37 PM, TyronLab said:

So after the tremendous success of my snot-related poll (I've mastered the snot rocket in the meantime by the way, much to the dismay of the missus and the adulation of my offspring), I thought I'd shoot the Hub community another opinion poll.

 

I have a race coming up tomorrow, and I strongly believe that preparation is key to success. Clean kit and fresh snacks packed, chain lubed, sunglasses cleaned and bike checked over all done the night before. The only question I have relates to bike washing.

 

Being a slightly OCD person, I like having a clean bike. Hard training however leaves it a bit dusty and dirty as you know. I can't decide whether to spend an hour washing it to be clean basically while I sleep only, or only get to it after it gets all dusty tomorrow.

 

As always, comments (and jokes, its a Friday so you get double points for a good pun) appreciated.

Must say I did enjoy your previous snot-rocket poll Tyron!

 

As for washing before a race, I've had different experiences with washing before a race.

Once I washed the bike and forgot to relube and re-adjust my sensors, so when the race started and the meters were giving errors, it lost me some time! Needless to say the cassette/chain made itself known that race.

I suppose it depends what washing means here- a cleaned cassette and chainrings with relube is great, but repacking or regreasing anything with bearings that worked before is a risk, unless you test it thoroughly before the race- last thing you want is for a sealed bearing to cease because it was unknowingly placed back in misaligned!

 

Personal rule of thumb: if its working flawlessly before the race, only a light hose down. 

 

Good luck with tomorrow!

Posted
  On 8/24/2018 at 12:41 PM, fanievb said:

clean the drivetrain onlyno washing, especially if you rock up at the race with a MTB. then even your shoes must be full of mud, just to piss off the roadies

 

Mtb full of mud doesnt piss off roadies, we totally expect that.

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  On 8/24/2018 at 1:19 PM, Dirkitech said:

 

Personal rule of thumb: if its working flawlessly before the race, only a light hose down. 

 

Good luck with tomorrow!

 

 

Now you're just showing off. 

Posted

Clean before a race, most often it gets cleaned within 48 hours of the race.

 

Training rides ..... muddy - it gets washed and lubed.  Dusty - it gets cleaned and lubed, but no water

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