Bike cleaning? What is that of which you speak? Is that something more than dripping Prolink on the chain and wiping the rims? :)
Ryan On Jun 29, 12:19 pm, Mojo <gjtra...@yahoo.com> wrote: > So you all confirmed what I already suspected, I am the strange one. > But western Colorado is not alot different than Northern California > with lots of summer dust. > And its alot like Albuquerque here too with the dust intermixed with > big monsoonal heavy rains. > > I can't remember the last time I used a hose, bucket, and brush to > clean a bike. But after getting caught in the rain, I wipe down the > tubes, lube the derailers & brake calipers, and finally wipe and lube > the chain. This takes 10 minutes total. Prolink cleans and lubes in > one application. Dusty rides are no harder than that. And Jim is > right, my mtn bike gets the really big chunks knocked off only. But > its chain has fresh White Lightning on it regularly. > > Finally, those three grim guys look like they would be a lot of fun to > ride with. > I should be so lucky. > > On Jun 29, 12:45 pm, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > Another one who rarely cleans the bike. Sure if I'm working on it in > > the stand it might get a rub down. But only if I feel it needs it. > > > That A Homer Hilsen looks a lot nicer than my Sam Hillborne. > > > Funny, when I was a youngster, was sort of obsessive about cleaning > > things. Now with middle age, can't seem to be bothered most of the > > time. > > > Eric Platt > > St. Paul, MN > > > On Jun 29, 1:38 pm, Kenneth Stagg <kenneth.st...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Mike <mjawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I look at Grant's bikes and think there is a bike that's put to good > > > > and proper use. Clean bikes look nice and all, but if it's between > > > > cleaning a bike and getting out for a ride I'd rather go for a ride. > > > > Ditto. And if it's between an extra couple of miles on my morning > > > ride or getting back early enough to clean the bike before work, the > > > miles win. I do try to remember to clean each spring but I've been > > > known to forget. > > > > -Ken- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
