How Often do you wash your bike?

[Guest Big H]

With all the mud at the moment every day ps we also cycle through a dairy farm every day so yes lots of cow crap every day

 

Cow crap contains a lot of stomach acid. I am sre it can be harmfull to your bike.

[Christopher Brunsdon]

I was going to wash my bike today, but ended up having a picnic with the wife and kids. Next week maybe, buts what I always say. But my neighbour washes his bike every week (and his car too).

 

(We wash our car whenever family arrives and thats about once in 6months).

[pastapouch]

Hate to say it, but very seldom. If it get really dirty, I take to the LBS for a small service.

[DaLoCo]

I have two damp rides on the road on the wekend, and I can see grime on the drivetrain, so that will definitely get a clean.

 

I clean only the moving parts, the rest of the bike, maybe once a month. I cannot put money into replacing parts of my groupset that could have been avoided with basic maintenance.

[Cassie]

MTB - At the very least a hose down if I'm in a hurry! (after every 20km+ ride) Or when i have the time...a good 40min cleanup of all moving parts.

 

It keeps everything in tip-top shape and helps you identify small problems before they become big ones!!

[Tubehunter]

More to the point. Who uses what to clean?

 

I'm a prepsol or similar dirtbike cleaner chap (from MX and bike riding days). Nothing cleans like this stuff!

 

Do you chaps use specific cleaning kits for doing the drivetrain, etc??

[JohnnyReggae]

Yes, but you're lucky that you don't have much in the line of moving parts to worry about...

 

To me, washing/cleaning is 95% about making sure stuff runs smoothly, shinyness is just a bonus!

Exactly Less maintenance.... just keep riding

[SUPER M]

I try to clean my cassette, chain, chainrings, FD and RD after every ride, and wash the entire bike once a week.

 

Also service the bike once every 2 months.

[Thumper]

If I washed my bike the washer dude at my LBS would be out of a job.

We can't have that now can we?

[1hill@aTime]

the day before a race she gets a clean

[AndreZA]

Dude,you need a mtb/road bike split... They go through different things.

 

That is right.

MTB = after every ride

RB = once a month

[Guest Iron]

no.2 for my road bike

no.3 for my mtb.

[covie]

I just clean my pivots and my drive train, water is NOT a bike's friend.

[LeTurbo]

You're supposed to clean a bike? Doesn't the wind just blow the dust off?