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Bike washing after rides
Do most ppl bother to hose off their ride after a muddy run, or is that a waste of time? I keep mine in the indoors in the basement between rides, and heck, it's just gonna get muddy again in about 24hrs or less anyway, so I figure maybe getting stuff wet with the hose just promotes rust. -Badger -- -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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Bike washing after rides
Badger South wrote:
Do most ppl bother to hose off their ride after a muddy run, or is that a waste of time? I keep mine in the indoors in the basement between rides, and heck, it's just gonna get muddy again in about 24hrs or less anyway, so I figure maybe getting stuff wet with the hose just promotes rust. Mine's aluminum, so I'm not worried about rust . I hose mud off anything that moves so that the mud's not acting as grinding power. I hose off any caked-on mud. But, I only clean the bike when I want to give it a good once-over to check for cracks, etc. (Or, when I want it to look nice ) The biggest thing after a muddy run is the drive line and suspension. If you don't want to go through drive line components, you'll clean and relub it. David -- rec.bicycles.off-road is moderated by volunteers. To find help solving posting problems, or contact the moderators, please see http://rbor.org/ Please read the charter before posting: http://rbor.org/rbor_charter.txt |
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