Egads!

[Pyannyplayer]

We live on a gravel road and ANYTIME we take our bikes out, they would get filthy, soooo......my DH came up with a pretty nifty and cheap (but funny looking) solution: we bought the HUGE heavy duty garbage bags with the cinch ties. After the bikes are on the rack, he covers each back tire with one bag and ties them shut; ditto on the front. He has come up with some cool way to cover the pedals and chains (I've never seen him do it, so I'm not sure how that works!!). The only thing left open is the saddle. If we need to, we can cover that with a smaller bag. It looks weird (and scares our cows, horses, and dogs) but it works great. We've looked for a cover, but haven't found any yet that works as well. Besides, EVERYONE knows when we're going biking

Lorie

[IntenseRide]

Okay, please someone tell me the right way to clean a road bike. My mountainbikes are usually covered in dirt and mud, not to mention bugs from being on top of the car, if I want to clean them I clamp them on my Park Stand, lightly spray them down (the frames are aluminum) keeping the water off the components and then I clean the mud off, dry it thoroughly then run the chain through a chaincleaner and then re-lube it. My road bike is dirty, because I ran it through some puddles and since there is plenty of sand on the streets because of winter, its dirty. But being a mountainbiker, I'm not too concerned, but then again, its such a pretty thing... The bike is all carbon fiber, so no worries on rust. Can't I just lightly spray off the dirt and follow the same procedure?