metal lurgy, hot engines, cold water and road crap?

The question for the CleanBikeIsti foak is, "After riding home, should
I hose off my bike straight away or wait until the exhaust/engine no
longer goes "TSSSSSSsssssssssss!!!" if I wet it?"

The current scenario of late night working, short daylight hours, and
a general CBA feeling towads going outside again a couple of hours
after I get home make me lean towards the "Quench it and sod it."
school of thought, but what will happen if I do?

Question is probably more important while the grit lorries are around,
but still holds true for Summer I 'spect...

Comments along the lines of "Clean it, what's that?" and "Wait a month
and use an angle grinder" will be treated with the contempt they
deserve.

 

Having ridden bikes with very hot engines through very cold (sometimes
icy) water[1] regularly for gawd knows how many years off-road, I'd say
just hose it down.

[1] A fine excuse to post the ice-breaking pic again -
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/prestonk/xr/XR.jpg

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Champ wrote

Heresy! Total Abject Heresy!

Ex Comrade Champion, have you anything to say in your defence that we
can ignore completely before you are taken out and shot?

 

Leo came up with the following;:

I've always hosed down straight away, either at the Trials meeting or when I
get home. It was no different with the road-racing bikes, clean ASAP.

'course, there's many times when icba and they go into the shed muddy ...

 

Umm with sympathy for thin metal parts and hot painted surfaces it might
be worth allowing it to stand for 5 or 10 mins if you are going to make
a regular habit of it. In the winter I would tend to do this anyway as
I'll spray some autoglym bike cleaner over the whole bike, just a lite
going over and into the nooks and crannies, to neutralise and get rid of
salt deposits, before rinsing it down.

 

Isn't this in blatant conflict with your posting name?

 

Sort of what I do, wait for a bit for it to cool, then chuck a hot
bucket of water over the back suspension / brake and the front
suspension / brake, then a spray over with GT85.

 

Ta.

 

This method keeps the muck on the bike, mostly, just washes the salt off
the brakes / forks / rear suspension. The GT85 can be substituted for
spray grease, chain lube or even clear waxoil for that ultra muck look.

 

Safety Nazi.


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Well yes! They had the best uniforms

 

Not unlike traffic dibble of the '40s, '50s and '60s.