Cleaning spokes on Heritage
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Cleaning spokes on Heritage
What are you folks using.
I see adds for stuff, but wonder if it works.
I'm using a brush sort of thing (kitchen cleaning tool), but cannot get into all the places under the saddle bags, and the area where spokes attach to the wheel are never really clean.
I'm lazy and do not want to remove the bags every time I wash the bike.
Thanks,
Balloo
I see adds for stuff, but wonder if it works.
I'm using a brush sort of thing (kitchen cleaning tool), but cannot get into all the places under the saddle bags, and the area where spokes attach to the wheel are never really clean.
I'm lazy and do not want to remove the bags every time I wash the bike.
Thanks,
Balloo
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If you aren't going to spend the 5 minutes it takes to remove the saddlebags, then it isn't worth the time trying to clean the spokes. Do it right or don't do it at all.
I use a couple of wide flat shoelaces to clean the spokes. The first one I dip in Windex to clean the spoke. I wrap the shoelace around the spoke and pull on the ends in an alternating fashion moving from the hub to the rim. I follow this with the second shoelace using Pledge or a chrome polish. If there is a very stubborn stain on the spoke I will selectively clean the area with a scrub daddy or 0000 steel wool.
The wheels on my Heritage will take 30 minutes each to clean and detail them. As Otter suggested, use a jack so you can spin the wheel making it easier to get to each spoke.
I use a couple of wide flat shoelaces to clean the spokes. The first one I dip in Windex to clean the spoke. I wrap the shoelace around the spoke and pull on the ends in an alternating fashion moving from the hub to the rim. I follow this with the second shoelace using Pledge or a chrome polish. If there is a very stubborn stain on the spoke I will selectively clean the area with a scrub daddy or 0000 steel wool.
The wheels on my Heritage will take 30 minutes each to clean and detail them. As Otter suggested, use a jack so you can spin the wheel making it easier to get to each spoke.
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Pull the bags so you can get to the spokes.
The Speed Master Wheel Brush makes cleaning the spokes a lot easier.
http://www.autogeek.net/ezdebrfca.html
The Speed Master Wheel Brush makes cleaning the spokes a lot easier.
http://www.autogeek.net/ezdebrfca.html
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