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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    Rowland Hts, CA
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    461
    Quote Originally Posted by marni View Post
    after each ride, I inspect the tires, wipe down the brake pads, remove the surface grime, wipe off the chain and jockey gears. Every three hundred miles, or after each wet ride (and this counts riding through sprinkler puddles and or construction dirt from trucks on the road) I wipe the chain down and re lube it. If it's 300 miles, I floss the gears, bathe the bike, clean and relube the chain and lube the points.

    I have been following this routine for over 5 years, so now it's an automatice sequence that kicks in and I have found that I enjoy the five minutes or so the after ride care takes. It gives a chance to rethink the ride, fiinish my water or electrolyte and start cooling down.
    Marni must be a super fast bike cleaner. I think that what takes Marni 5 minutes, took me a good one hour. Cleaning the chain alone (with the Park's chain cleaner tool) took me 5 minutes.

    Thanks TE for reminding me to clean my bike. I am due for my 300 mile bike cleaning again. Sigh.

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  2. #2
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Katy, Texas
    Posts
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    to clarify, the daily wipe down of chain, tires and brake pads is what takes five minutes. The 200-300 mile clean up takes much longer.

    marni
    marni
    Katy, Texas
    Trek Madone 6.5- "Red"
    Trek Pilot 5.2- " Bebe"


    "easily outrun by a chihuahua."

 

 

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