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12-02-2011, 03:58 PM | #1 |
No turn left unstoned
Join Date: Jun 2010
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Totally agree with that.
...but would add...a selection of paint brushes, some with the bristles cut down to stiffen them up a bit, and all with a piece of cycle inner tube covering the metal ferrule. ...and a cheap hand pump with neat cleaning product of your choice, for those grubbier areas. Hand cleaning is also a much more intimate contact with the bike...helps with general familiarity and with spotting developing problems. When I was 18, I discovered that 3.30pm was a good time for bike cleaning...cos after a while the girl next door would come walking along from the school bus-stop, and I could engage her in conversation for a few brief moments until her overly strict father called her inside. She ended up being the mother of my four children. |
12-02-2011, 09:48 PM | #2 |
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I use a hosepipe with a trigger thing on it. Reasonably powerful close up if needed but gentle enough to not do too much damage I hope.
My other bike is clunking like mad over bumps and creaks under heavy braking, definitely bearings but think it's head bearings rather than wheel |
13-02-2011, 11:39 AM | #3 |
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Sometimes you need a jetwash...
Jx |
13-02-2011, 12:22 PM | #4 |
No turn left unstoned
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15-02-2011, 11:22 AM | #5 |
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Yep totally agree. When cleaning my 696 with a sponge not long ago I knocked the rear calliper with my sponge to find both bolts only finger tight - if that. Wouldn't have spotted that if I was using a jet washer. You spot loads of stuff when doing it by hand!
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