Who washes their bike while touring?
#81
05-15-2010, 02:16 PM
As others have said, hotel yes, their rags and their bucket and warm soapy water while the Ol is soapin and shinin up leaves me time for my other ride. Tentn it, just a bottle of Plexus or McGuires Mist n Shine and a micro-towel for the fairing and windsheild and then a touch of Pledge afterwards makes all the nasties wipe off easier later.
#82
05-15-2010, 05:43 PM
I do plenty of riding, thanks. Road debris isn't going to magically rub itself into the paint and I have no plan to do it either.
Whether I'm on a 200 mile ride or an 8,000 mile ride, I think I can wait till I get home to clean and detail it.
Speaking of "show" bikes, who cares how your bike looks if you're on a "6000 to 8000 mile ride"? I know I don't.
Whether I'm on a 200 mile ride or an 8,000 mile ride, I think I can wait till I get home to clean and detail it.
Speaking of "show" bikes, who cares how your bike looks if you're on a "6000 to 8000 mile ride"? I know I don't.
Well petemac, you can either leave the trash-bag liner in it, or rinse it out before you use it as a bucket. Of course if you do any real distance riding the road debris is going to do some damage to the paint anyway. If, on the other hand, you have a "show" bike you might not want to do any 6000 to 8000 mile rides........
#83
05-15-2010, 06:24 PM
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In over 40 years of riding I've had one (1) motel refuse to give me some of their used towels to clean my bike with. I ask when checking in & assure them that I'll only use old towels they use as rags. With the exception of that one place they're all happy to hand out a couple of their better "rags". I take those & one of their plastic waste baskets full of water & give at least the windshield a warm water bath as I'm packin' up the next morning. Usually I wipe down most of the bike. I start the day with at least a clean windshield, & often a reasonably clean bike. Big difference between crawlin' out of a tent without a shower to ride off on a dirty bike, & comin' out of a room fresh from a mornin' shower & startin' the day with a clean bike.
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