Well I buckled down today and spent a couple of hours thoroughly cleaning my two bikes.
Neither has had a cleaning since the Spring, and in fact this was the very first major bath for my beautiful Luna. (hey Margo- welcome to TE!)

My Rivendell Rambouillet is going into the bike shop next week to get switched from bar end shifters to Ultegra short reach brifters, so I wanted it to look well cared for and beautiful. After that improvement it'll get it's new rack and panniers and become my trusty grocery/errand bike so I can use my car even less than I do already.

I don't love the chore of cleaning my bikes, but bright shiny bike machines are definitely things of great beauty.