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 Posted: 17:42 - 31 Jan 2017  Post subject: Keeping Bike Nice and Clean |
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How does everyone keep their bike clean if they ride in winter slop daily to commute or something.
I'm getting real worried that it's getting real grotty, the chain is already rusting so bad- I hope it doesn't kill the parts of the transmission which are expensive to repair.
I don't have access to a hose that will reach the bike nor an electrical supply that will reach- so a money friendly option like even a Karcher pressure washer from Argos is not gonna work- such high pressure is not ideal I was told by a dealer also because it damages paintwork and fucks up electrics- so I thought something precise targeting like a jet wash hose but much less power would be fantastic and decided on this in the end (also it's portable)
https://www.nomadwasher.com/index.php/Products/Nomad-18-V-Cordless/Nomad-18-V-Orange-with-1-Li-ion-battery/p_50.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGKliWVWI1k
Good idea?
Sadly they're not in stock until early February goddamn it.
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| Posted: 18:03 - 31 Jan 2017 Post subject: |
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Quick clean method.
I wash mine inside my shed, first I degrease back wheel and anywhere chain lube might fling using white spirit or
petrol on a rag. Then do a bucket of hot soapy water with Flash all purpose cleaner in it. Using a small damp sponge
wiping clean small areas bit by bit and rinsing sponge in soapy bucket after each pass. Dry any dampness with
microfibre towel if necessary, No rinsing needed. Then I go back over all the painted, carbon fibre and brushed
aluminium parts with a quality quick detailer. Then I use tyre/trim gel to do frame, black plastics and the sidewalls
of tyres. Finally a fresh lube up of the chain. Takes me about 40 minutes. A full sperg clean would take me
half a day with a certain amount of dismantling as part of the process.
If I didn't already have all this stuff on the shelf and actually used my bike extensively in bad weather then I'd coat the
thing in acf50 like everybody else and worry about cleaning it in spring.
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Posted: 19:32 - 31 Jan 2017  Post subject: |
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ACF50'D in September.
https://i.imgur.com/QdEfyAq.jpg
Not touched since apart from the obvious like lights and the reg plate.
https://i.imgur.com/sJTC6XZ.jpg
Always amuses me when I get people trying to patronise me 'you should 'look after it'. Fuckoff. ..|. :roll:
It's a bike it was made to be ridden in fact I probably do more miles in a cold miserable week in the middle of winter than you do all summer. |
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| Posted: 01:36 - 01 Feb 2017 Post subject: Re: Keeping Bike Nice and Clean |
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Gotta invest in more tools don't have a paddock stand sigh: Seriously the amount of money I've spent on tools for my bicycle and this one makes me wanna cry- I'm thinking of getting the nomad, paddock stand, this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Halfords-Please-Read-desc-200-Piece-Socket-Ratchet-Spanner-Set-Hand-Tools-/252738080823?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368
It's £350 from Halfords.
Also a set of breaker bars.
Impact driver, impact drill or whatever and all the bits. My job's forced me to become a handyman  !
P.S I got a flat front tyre today after only 1900 miles wtf!. It was going fine, no wobbles no nothing- then I get off to park it for a couple of mins on the side of the road. I come back and the steering is really goddamn hard. I thought it was the wires from the heated grip come loose and getting in the forks way- nope. I start it up and get it to mph and it wobbled left and right out of control- that was when I realized it was flat- a good kick and sag at bottom of tyre confirmed . Goddamn RAC with an estimated 3h arrival time. Man that was a sorry 5 mph ride home (: (luckily only a few miles away) and a days pay gone 
I really need to sort this out quick- I was told by a friend you could get a fix of the puncture from the garage for 35 quid but how long will this last? Also I don't know what has caused the puncture or where it is because it's dark and I don't have a front paddock stand fml...
Does everyone carry some kind of roadside puncture repair kit under their seat for emergencies- like you would a spare inner tube and mini pump for a bicycle? Or is a breakdown assistance the only route?
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| Posted: 11:26 - 01 Feb 2017 Post subject: re |
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am I the only one who has never washed their bike  it rains a fair bit in London seems to give it a good clean every now and again. I do apply lube to the chain maybe once every 2 weeks and clean the chain maybe twice a year and no major issues in the past 2 years |
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The 350 quid was referring to the socket set.
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| Posted: 15:06 - 01 Feb 2017 Post subject: Re: Keeping Bike Nice and Clean |
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| Arcane1729 wrote: | Goddamn RAC with an estimated 3h arrival time. Man that was a sorry 5 mph ride home (: (luckily only a few miles away) and a days pay gone |
Someone educate the above poster as to the damage that could, and may have been, done to the tyre, rim etc as a result of riding on a flat tyre (I feel not to know enough about it to inform accurately).
Why no puncture repair kit? I ignored, somewhat, it also when I was on a tiddler but upgrading to a heavy big-un taught me that if you come to a halt you're not going anywhere fast by pushing it. Get into the habit of carrying the tools you need on the bike if something goes haywire sooner rather than latter. Do as I do, maybe, and get a Lynx washbag or alike and put em all in there, you can fit: puncture kit, tools, bungee hooks and loads more. 1/4 socket set and ratchet &. set of spanners and alike. Should maintain the bike regular enough to not need to fall back on them but can never be to sure.
Re: Halfords tools etc;
I just took the well given advice to me a short while ago by visiting carboots each week and buying sockets and spanners that I needed. My local one had sockets for a pound each at most or if the seller wanted more I haggled with a bunch in me hand. I've got a couple of odd bits of Halfords pro stuff that I paid a quid for. Probably not the right time of year for carboots but worth keeping in mind.
Buy tools as you need them because otherwise you've got a bunch of things you'll never need and wasted monies.
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| Posted: 16:19 - 01 Feb 2017 Post subject: Re: Keeping Bike Nice and Clean |
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But it was only 5mph? That's like wheeling the bike at walking pace- Would wheeling it walking pace damage also-Is getting it to a garage via van the only way then?
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