How do you give your bike a bath?

[papaver]

My excellent bike mechanic told me that in Europe the cyclocross people dunk their bikes in a river to clean them.

Yes and no. The mechanics do that sometimes during the race when it's so muddy the cyclist has to change his bike every round or every half round even.

After the race they almost completely dismantle the bike to clean it.

This is a rather normal race in Belgium:

[Sandrider]

Yes and no. The mechanics do that sometimes during the race when it's so muddy the cyclist has to change his bike every round or every half round even.

Thank you for the education and for the great photo!!