What do you wear when washing your bike?

[ragnor]

Trying to get out a bit more subject of course to Dictator Sturgeon and the heid dentist (Pandemic expert) but any side roads are covered in muck dragged out by the farmers and any tracks are mostly glaur (English: Liquid MUD)

So the bike gets just a tad covered in nastiness leading to mucho washing and cleaning. The top temp today however was ten with a little wind chill. Despite wearing a padded overall and a padded vest (Gilet for the more genteel) I found it COLD.❄❄❄

So what do you experts wear to wash and clean your bikes in the frozen months of the year?

 

[Sidepod]

You do know you’re in for some pain here don’t you? Strap in.

 

[Hobo Mikey]

I wash my bike naked and shower at the same time.

 

[Tonybro]

Clothes, just more of them! ;-) I did try Hobo Mikey's method but the neighbours complained!

Just wear something warm!

 

[Mabman]

I just hand it off to the valet while I change into my robe and slippers

 

[Tubby G]

I hose my bikes down on the lawn (stood in their stands) as soon as I get home, and also hose myself down! Go inside get showered & changed and leave the bikes outside in the wind to dry off for a while. The mud goes all over my lawn but I reckon it’s giving the lawn a good feed so a bit of multitasking going on

Then give the bikes a good bounce to get excess drips off and move them inside my garage. That’s when the finer deep clean of drivetrain happens. I finish the frame / bars / wheels / cranks etc with Vulcanet wipes in the comfort of my garage with heating on, fresh coffee and 6Music on the radio

 

[ragnor]

I wash my bike naked and shower at the same time.

Is that a cold shower or a hot shower? How do you get the bike in the shower?
Just askin.

 

[Landy Andy]

Same as Tubby. Get home, hose bike off, wash bike, in garage with bike and dry with airline, hose myself, go indoors for shower.

 

[ragnor]

Asked my mate. He swears by calisthenics but too much like hard work.

Also not got a warm garage. Only a cold back yard (Lawn?)☃

 

[Tubby G]

Asked my mate. He swears by calisthenics but too much like hard work.

Also not got a warm garage. Only a cold back yard (Lawn?)☃

Aah that’s a problem then, you’ll need to convert your lounge into a bike workshop

 

[Zimmerframe]

I wash my bike naked and shower at the same time.

I did try Hobo Mikey's method but the neighbours complained!

If anyone should be complaining, shouldn't it be you ? Do your neighbours always have ring side seats at your shower ?

 

[ragnor]

Aah that’s a problem then, you’ll need to convert your lounge into a bike workshop

That might result in loss of

 

[steve_sordy]

My usual bike maintenance gear (old jeans, old tee shirt, old rugby shirt) plus old wellies.
Plus an old fleece as well if it's cold.

The average age of what I wear must be well over 20 years. For example, the wellies are the oldest at 35 years (from the year we moved in to our current house) and the fleece is the newest at 19 years (it has a date on it).

 

[Tonybro]

If anyone should be complaining, shouldn't it be you ? Do your neighbours always have ring side seats at your shower ?

Only when washing me and the bike in the garden, hate trying to drag the thing upstairs to the bathroom...

 

[Zimmerframe]

hate trying to drag the thing upstairs to the bathroom...

Your neighbours a bit fat ?

 

[Jackware]

@RustyMTB takes his into his newly completed bike shower

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[RustyMTB]

And a damned fine looking bike shower it is too. ?

 

[RustyMTB]

I hose my bikes down on the lawn (stood in their stands) as soon as I get home, and also hose myself down! Go inside get showered & changed and leave the bikes outside in the wind to dry off for a while. The mud goes all over my lawn but I reckon it’s giving the lawn a good feed so a bit of multitasking going on

Then give the bikes a good bounce to get excess drips off and move them inside my garage. That’s when the finer deep clean of drivetrain happens. I finish the frame / bars / wheels / cranks etc with Vulcanet wipes in the comfort of my garage with heating on, fresh coffee and 6Music on the radio

I mean I indulged relentlessly in the whole 90's rave scene & never saw such Bacchanalian decadence as this.

 

[The Hodge]

If its a local route that I started from home ..just my riding gear as soon as I get back ..
If I've driven home then the likelihood is that I've changed out of muddy gear and into a pair of shorts ,Tee and a warm jacket so will put on some waterproof over trousers and a pair of wellies and follow roughly the same routine as TubbyG ..if the ground is dry I will ride the bike around the local streets for a few mins to rid it of any excess water lubing is done indoors ..

 

[Tubby G]

I mean I indulged relentlessly in the whole 90's rave scene & never saw such Bacchanalian decadence as this.

I indulged there too and still often try to recreate the sunrise party vibes on my lawn ?

 

[Gary]

I wash my bike naked and shower at the same time.

After particularly muddy local rides once I've washed the bike I genuinely do hose my riding clothes off, get out of them and take a quick naked outdoor shower.
I live in the middle of nowhere and have the luxury of a hotwater outdoor hose though.

 

[Mini si]

I hose my bikes down on the lawn (stood in their stands) as soon as I get home, and also hose myself down! Go inside get showered & changed and leave the bikes outside in the wind to dry off for a while. The mud goes all over my lawn but I reckon it’s giving the lawn a good feed so a bit of multitasking going on

Then give the bikes a good bounce to get excess drips off and move them inside my garage. That’s when the finer deep clean of drivetrain happens. I finish the frame / bars / wheels / cranks etc with Vulcanet wipes in the comfort of my garage with heating on, fresh coffee and 6Music on the radio

This sounds like a good system, I’m going to give it a try next time.

 

[Neeko DeVinchi]

Slippers and dressing gown.

 

[Jackware]

After particularly muddy local rides once I've washed the bike I genuinely do hose my riding clothes off, get out of them and take a quick naked outdoor shower.
I live in the middle of nowhere and have the luxury of a hotwater outdoor hose though.

Presumably you then trampoline to dry off?

 

[Gary]

if that's some sort of mumsnet code for shagging. Then yes

 

[Beekeeper]

sometimes a picture says a thousand words

 

[Darren]

I indulged there too and still often try to recreate the sunrise party vibes on my lawn ?

Kickers, white gloves and glowsticks?

 

[Tubby G]

Kickers, white gloves and glowsticks?

No, but if I say ‘OK Google, let’s party’ -everything turns off in my house and goes dark, Inner City’s Pennies from Heaven starts playing on the hifi, and my garden, conservatory & lounge lights go into full disco mode ?

 

[RustyMTB]

No, but if I say ‘OK Google, let’s party’ -everything turns off in my house and goes dark, Inner City’s Pennies from Heaven starts playing on the hifi, and my garden, conservatory & lounge lights go into full disco mode ?

F*****g knew it. ?

 

[geehaw]

I just ride it through a carwash. Both bike and owner come out clean.