Hi Benz, I'd love to hear your cleaning process--maybe I could be reformed. I used to keep my bikes a lot tidier when I lived in a dry place like Sunnyvale. All it took was a wipe down every couple of weeks. Some of us in rainy places just give up. There just isn't much point when the next commute sends gray slurry streaming down tire sidewalls and fork legs, while the rain washes away any of the "clean" chain lubes available at a ridiculous rate.
Maybe I've warped in my time here, but a good looking bike still looks good to me dirty. Even unabashed bike aesthete Jan Heine is on record saying he doesn't bother to clean his tire sidewalls in Seattle. Best, joe broach pdx or On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 5:35 AM, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA <benzouy...@gmail.com> wrote: > At the risk of getting kicked out of this group, I will state that I don't > know why people don't clean their bikes more often. As the saying goes, > cleanliness is next to godliness, and in the case of bikes, being clean > will improve overall operating performance and thus riding satisfaction. > Frequent cleaning will also increase the service life of parts as they'll > be well-lubricated and won't be running in crud. Finally, frequent cleaning > will make each individual cleaning an easier affair because crud won't > accumulate and become persistent. > > I clean my bikes every 4-500 miles or so (I use the "B" mileage counter on > my cyclocomputers) and with some standard process/setup I learnt years ago > working at a bike shop, the bikes come out gleaming in less than 30 > minutes. And that's with me dripping a drop of oil on each chain link (no > OCD jokes please; I know I've got a bad case of it already). If I'm really > rushing it, I'm sure I can do it in less than 20 minutes. But I don't > usually rush it as the process is surprisingly therapeutic, so much so that > friends will often drop off bikes for "detailing" (don't worry, I'm > compensated via local fresh coffee beans). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
