mtbN00b Posted December 14, 2009 Share is there any does and dont when washing your mtb? Guess you must try not to drop soap water on your chain or re-oil it after thew wash? how about disk pads? And is there any danger in using a high pressure spraying machine to clean your bike? In general i do not like a clean mountain bike (it is like having a 4x4 and you wash it every day) but you have to get the mud off to reduce damage to components? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRacing Posted December 14, 2009 Share Stay well clear of the BB with any high presure water, other than that nothing serios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTfan Posted December 14, 2009 Share Clean Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtbN00b Posted December 14, 2009 Share is scrubbing and polishing the tires a bit to much ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parabola Posted December 14, 2009 Share Clean Green, a couple of brushes and a hosepipe trickled over the frame and muddy parts. dont spray water anywhere near the BB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jugheaddave Posted December 14, 2009 Share At the end of the day, its yuor bike, clean and polish it as much as you do/dont like. You can even take a little car polish to the paint work on the frame if you really want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sampie Posted December 14, 2009 Share What about some sunlight dish liquid in some luke warm water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtbN00b Posted December 14, 2009 Share What about some sunlight dish liquid in some luke warm water? that is what i use ... it it is muddy i first get the house pipe closer to get the mud off ...then luke warm water and sunlight ... and my girl friend scrub the tires .... you can not even see that she used the bike ... tires look brand new still ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cycling Addict Posted December 14, 2009 Share What about oil etc afterwards - where should 1 oil - obviously the chain but what else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malkie Posted December 14, 2009 Share Best mud remover=Prepsol,works like a bomb.Spray my bike with water than spray prepsol on with a spray bottle leave for 5 mins spray down again with hosepipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoLefty!! Posted December 14, 2009 Share yeah a few don't follow: - do not wash your bike with high pressure washers. These tend to fling water into bearings and grease onto disc brake rotors - always use soapy water. - Always leave the bike upside down to drain water out of the fork after washing - steer clear of aggressive solvents such as petrol, paraffin. These are not terribly friendly to oil and seals. even small quantities of paraffin in lube oil breaks down viscosity which can lad to premature wear of sliding parts. If bike is really muddu, allow it to dry first, then bruch off the dirt with a soft brush. Thereafter, ear buds and rags get teh job done with out pushing dirt into places you don't want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.T.G Posted December 14, 2009 Share is there any does and dont when washing your mtb? Guess you must try not to drop soap water on your chain or re-oil it after thew wash? how about disk pads? And is there any danger in using a high pressure spraying machine to clean your bike? In general i do not like a clean mountain bike (it is like having a 4x4 and you wash it every day) but you have to get the mud off to reduce damage to components? check out this thread from a while back for some tips.https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=50115 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted December 14, 2009 Share What about some sunlight dish liquid in some luke warm water?that is what i use ... it it is muddy i first get the house pipe closer to get the mud off ...then luke warm water and sunlight ... and my girl friend scrub the tires .... you can not even see that she used the bike ... tires look brand new still ... Steer clear of using dishwashing liquid, rather use clean green or similiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted December 14, 2009 Share I just use car shampoo a sponge and bottle brush.Dry it and spray it with Mr Min and polish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtbN00b Posted December 15, 2009 Share why not using dish washing liquid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTfan Posted December 15, 2009 Share why not using dish washing liquid? Dish washing liquid works, just maybe not as affective as lets say Clean Green or other de-greasers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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