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[Closed] Bike Cleaning Questions

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Hi,

I'm posting a survey on bike cleaning, the respondents to which will be entered in a draw to win £50 cash, the winner will be announced here. This post has been approved by mods, Chipps and Mark.

The survey is here: [url= http://bikecleaning.questionpro.com ]http://bikecleaning.questionpro.com[/url]

It will take less than 4 minutes to complete. I'm asking the questions as I'm researching making a new bike cleaning product. All data will be confidential and only ever used by myself, no marketing, sharing, selling etc.

I would really appreciate your help and it would be fantastic to have the communities feedback in potentially bringing a new product to market and great to have the forum be involved onwards from there.

Thanks!


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 10:17 am
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Done


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 10:20 am
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done.
i'm rubbish at cleaning/maintaining my bikes regularly 🙂


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 10:32 am
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Go on then - done 🙂


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 10:35 am
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done


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 10:37 am
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Done!


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 10:38 am
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Done...


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 10:43 am
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Thanks guys!


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 10:47 am
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Done


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 10:48 am
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Done


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 10:52 am
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Done


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 10:53 am
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done


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 10:58 am
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Done


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 10:59 am
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Yep, done.


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 11:06 am
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Completed - just to be different 😀


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 11:13 am
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Done - when is it available? 😉


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 11:18 am
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done - took me longer than I spend cleaning the bike 😉


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 11:20 am
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Done. 'Cleaning' is a bit of a vague term for me. I'll do the fork seals/stanchions after every ride and the drivetrain after every second one, but anything else is lucky if it gets washed more than 2-3 times in its lifetime.


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 11:30 am
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flawed...the question asking how do u rate the products, there is no option to say 'never used product'


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 11:32 am
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Read the question again 😉


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 11:35 am
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Done!


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 11:43 am
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Done.


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 11:43 am
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Also done!


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 11:49 am
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@nockmeister flawed! how dare you!
as pointed out - question says to only rate those products you have used... 😉


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 11:50 am
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Nockmeister - Face Palm 😛

Done


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 11:55 am
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Done - but I had a problem with the survey. I accidently clicked the radio button to rate the Halfords product - once the radio button was clicked I couldn't unclick it.

So when you look at a survey that says someone used 4 products, but rates 5....that's me 😳


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 11:57 am
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Finished!


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 12:00 pm
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Done. I will take my £50 via paypal gift please.

Curious as to whether there is anything on the market currently you just spray on and everything falls off....even grimy oil stuff.


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 12:08 pm
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done; you forgot water 😉


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 12:13 pm
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Done


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 12:38 pm
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done, good luck


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 12:38 pm
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done it


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 12:41 pm
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Thanks for all the responses so far, its fantastic.

Any more for any more?!


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 3:14 pm
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All sorted 🙂


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 3:22 pm
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I believe cleaning bikes makes them wear out faster


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 3:25 pm
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I must admit, I can't wait for a bike cleaner that doesn't involve a brush and rag. That would save me no end of time!


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 3:34 pm
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@onzadog hopefully you won't have to wait too long - the survey is really helping me decide what you guys value most which really helps with formulations etc. will keep you posted!


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 5:31 pm
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Done 🙂


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 5:38 pm
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Done


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 5:41 pm
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Done 8)


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 5:48 pm
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Do you need it testing!!!!!!


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 5:54 pm
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Do you need it testing!!!!!!


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 5:55 pm
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Done.


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 7:43 pm
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Bang. And the questionnaire is complete.

I'm not Barry Scott.


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 8:09 pm
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Done it.

Although I'll have to see it to believe it that you don't need to use a brush when the bikes covered in mud. For example

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Posted : 13/10/2010 8:19 pm
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Done. Realman, liking the deep sectoin wheel!


 
Posted : 13/10/2010 8:37 pm
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@dogg - if I can make something worth testing then certainly I'll be looking for volunteers!

@RealMan - Hmmm. That might need a bit of a brush. Or a sulphuric acid dip tank!


 
Posted : 14/10/2010 8:08 am
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Job Done! 🙂


 
Posted : 14/10/2010 11:27 am
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Keep me posted be glad to help good luck.....


 
Posted : 14/10/2010 5:41 pm
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Thanks for all the responses, really great feedback.

Any others want a go?

Here's the link again [url= http://bikecleaning.questionpro.com/ ]Survey[/url]

Will only take 2/3 mins and dont forget the £50 draw for one lucky winner!


 
Posted : 15/10/2010 9:26 am
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Had a really great response, thanks.

If you're interested in any of the aggregated data I'll be posting some on my blog [url= http://dirtwork.posterous.com/ ]here[/url]

You can also follow my dev progress [url= http://twitter.com/#!/dirtworkuk ]here[/url]

Will likely close survey this week and announce winner towards the end of the week.

Thanks!


 
Posted : 17/10/2010 4:47 pm
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Done. Again, I'd be interested to use a cleaner that requires no brush or little brush work.

Good luck.


 
Posted : 17/10/2010 4:55 pm
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Done. Again, I'd be interested to use a cleaner that requires no brush or little brush work.

Good luck.

Thanks. Its definitely possible, just a questions of price, material compatibility and post use performance (eg no streaking or residue etc).

[url= http://twitter.com/#!/dirtworkuk ]Follow me on twitter[/url] which is where I'll update on products and look for testers etc.

Thanks!


 
Posted : 17/10/2010 5:02 pm
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Done...


 
Posted : 17/10/2010 5:03 pm
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Done - hope it helps.


 
Posted : 17/10/2010 5:08 pm
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Done


 
Posted : 17/10/2010 5:22 pm
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Done


 
Posted : 17/10/2010 6:33 pm
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done 😉


 
Posted : 17/10/2010 6:36 pm
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Done...


 
Posted : 17/10/2010 6:44 pm
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Bumpydone


 
Posted : 17/10/2010 6:47 pm
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Hi all,

If you're interested in being a tester of some free samples, hopefully soon to be ready for testing, please leave a comment over on my blog.

[url= http://dirtwork.posterous.com/first-sample-in-lab-call-for-testers ]Here![/url]

Thanks


 
Posted : 19/10/2010 8:46 am
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Ok, so as promised I have made the draw and the lucky winner has been emailed - check your email!

I've asked the winner for their permission to announce here before I do as I though it was the right thing to do - I'm sure however they'll want to brag!

So well done to the winner, and thanks to everyone for the great response -it was really fantastic - nearly 500 responses which the statisticians amongst you will know is a great sample size and gives me a good confidence interval.

If you didn't complete the survey, you still can, it's just the draw that is now closed. The survey is here and takes less than 3 mins. [url= http://bikecleaning.questionpro.com ]http://bikecleaning.questionpro.com[/url] /p>

Everything is progressing well, moving from sucessful lab test to tests in the wild this weekend, you can follow progress on my blog here, I'll also show some aggregated survey results there which are quite interesting: [url= http://dirtwork.posterous.com ]http://dirtwork.posterous.com[/url]

And on twitter here: [url= http://twitter.com/DirtWorkUK ]http://twitter.com/DirtWorkUK[/url]

Would be great to keep you involved.

Thanks again


 
Posted : 22/10/2010 9:06 am

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