You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more
Got home last night after an extremely mucky and grindy-paste kinda ride in Clyde Muirsheil park.
Bikes got chucked in the back of the car until after tea at grannies.
ran out of muck-off ages ago, was using screen wash fluid fora. while as its all I had int eh garage, decided to try something else.
Cillit Bang under the sink, gave the mauchit bikes a good liberal foamy spray, left it a few minutes to soak. A wee hose off and a bottle brush scrub of the drivetrain - it did a superb job.
It was a kitchen degreaser stuff, but it cut through the mud etc extremely well.
Is it likely to dissolve my titanium?
How good are your bearing seals?
Where in CM did you ride BSN?
PS - it's mockit. 🙂
I think the seals are OK - guess I'll find out! Pedals felt well gritty after the ride, but before cleaning, they need done anyway
Top tip re. mixing with Petrol!
nobeer - was visiting the olds in Gourock, so missus dropped me and eldest at Morrisons in Greenock - we slogged up to the cut, did a wee round of Loch Thom for a laugh (shit the bed it was windy!), then KellyCut down into Wemyss Bay and round the coast to Gourock.
I enjoyed it, but I was on my fat bike - this made the Kelly Cut 'fun'. Bugger lugs behind me was less enamoured at the 6 mile mud-hole fest 🙂
If anyone can tell me better trails anywhere in Clyde Muirsheil, I'm all ears! Best trails I've ridden with my son when visiting the olds were the ones above Dunoon, but I'd love to find more in that vast, boggy, nothingness that might eb short drive, or even ridable, from Inverclyde.
why not just use washing up liquid?
I used oven cleaner once. The spacers on the handlebars lost the sheen. Weird blotchy marks, never used it again.
It did clean the cassette and chain though, they looked new.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cillit_Bang
It should not be used on any acid sensitive material, such as marble or enamel, aluminium, stone, zinc plated metals, kitchen worktops, linoleum, varnished, waxed or oiled wood floors, rubber, textiles or carpets.[citation needed]
Who has aluminium on their bike anyway?
Used oven degreaser last year when bike packing in Portugual. As above, my rims became all blotchy but other than that fine.
Yeah a bit late now, but why Cillit Bang? It's pretty harsh stuff. Soap... Washing up liquid... There are lots of things you probably have around the house that are a better choice, I think.
Why not just water and a sponge? It's mud. Just soil mixed with water. if it dries, you wet it and it comes off again. I see no need at all for any detergents, soaps or anything unless you've been driving through oil slicks and other chemical contaminants that wouldn't be removed with water and elbow grease alone. What do you think soap and detergent is doing for you?
@big_scot_nanny Gimme a shout next time you're around, I'll gladly show you around the trails above west kilbride/fairlie/largs, some really good stuff.
Cillit Bang?
Oven cleaner, that often contains Sodium Hydroxide? You know how to strip anodizing off aluminium for polishing processes, right?
Some people are a liability to their bikes : )
That one is safe for bikes - and fabrics alike. My favorite cheap bike cleaning solution.
Cheers!
I.
The main active ingredient is Sulphamic Acid which actually isn't as bad to typical bicycle metallurgy as cheaper acidic/alkali cleaners. Just make sure you rinsed it all off.
Perhaps just use a bit of soap next time though, helps the grit slide off and reduces scratching.
I wouldn't leave it on for a few minutes...probably spray and once bike is covered, started at the other end and scrub then wash...
Cif Kitchen Mousse is awesome for cleaning drivetrain components. I haven't tried it anywhere else though.
nobeer - ta muchly, will do (if my bike has not dissolved into a pool of liquid metal and plastic)
Haven't been back in to look at the bike since I cleaned it (and wiped it all down, putolined chain etc) on Sunday night - I shall report back on any disasters!
BANG and the seals are gone
That one is safe for bikes – and fabrics alike. My favorite cheap bike cleaning solution.
Elbow Grease is fantastic for cleaning the drivetrain (and car wheels!) but I don't think I'd want to spray it on bearing seals.
It should not be used on any acid sensitive material, such as marble or enamel, aluminium, stone, zinc plated metals, kitchen worktops, linoleum, varnished, waxed or oiled wood floors, rubber, textiles or carpets.[citation needed]
Who has aluminium on their bike anyway?
I'm Barry Scott!!
BANG and the bike is GONE!!