Wheel cleaner

[Strawboss]

Couple of things, if you wash your bike on a somewhat regular basis, you just use the same soap as you use on the bike, if you do this every time, then you don't have to resort to chemicals and drastic measures to try to get the brake dust and road grime of your wheels when you wash them once a year. Simply put, a little cleaning every week or so saves you tons of work down the road. As with anything, waxing will help you even more by preventing the majority of the dirt from sticking and making cleaning just that much easier and faster getting you back on the road quicker. But then again I view cleaning and washing as a sort of therapy, almost as good as riding. 

[timsatx]

I rarely wash my bike. Maybe a couple of times a years. Part of that is that I never ride in the rain. But we do get a lot of allergens and right now it is covered with yellow oak pollen. It will get washed, but when I don't know. We have a great chance for rain thru Monday morning. After that there is a chance of rain thru thurs.

[gPink]

Park it outside if it's going to rain.

[Strawboss]

OK, so even if you don't wash the bike, hose the wheels off and wipe them with a rag, that alone will keep the brake dust and grime somewhat at bay. Or, wipe the wheels with a wet rag, takes about 2 minutes on the center stand.

[timsatx]

How dare you tell ME to do MORE WORK. ;-)

[VirginiaJim]

OK, so even if you don't wash the bike, hose the wheels off and wipe them with a rag, that alone will keep the brake dust and grime somewhat at bay. Or, wipe the wheels with a wet rag, takes about 2 minutes on the center stand.

Gives me the shivers, it does...

[Strawboss]

Zen bike washing, be the rag Tim, be the rag.

[rhhall]

S100 and a brush.
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