belated bike washing tip

[max]

No doubt several of you will cluck and say to yourselves "no, really?? Do go
on..." when you read this...

After complaining to myself for many about not having a convenient way to
wash the crud off my bike during the winter, i had a realization: i don't
need a garden hose!!

So last night I used a small garden sprayer (only ever filled with water, to
hose off my parrot -- no pesticides or poinsons or fertilizer, only ever
water!) and filled it with warm water.

Spritzed off all the grit and road/riverside MUP cruft (goose ****!) with
less than 1/2 gallon and the gears look a lot better. I used a chainstay
stand to hold it upright in the driveway.

So there you go: water in a garden sprayer. Only took me ~~~ a decade to
figure it out.

Use one with a hose/wand attachment, like this:
<http://ace.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pACE-962111reg.jpg>

I think i'll be buying one for work, soon. seriously.


..max

 

[Ken M]

max wrote:
> No doubt several of you will cluck and say to yourselves "no, really?? Do go
> on..." when you read this...
>
> After complaining to myself for many about not having a convenient way to
> wash the crud off my bike during the winter, i had a realization: i don't
> need a garden hose!!
>
> So last night I used a small garden sprayer (only ever filled with water, to
> hose off my parrot -- no pesticides or poinsons or fertilizer, only ever
> water!) and filled it with warm water.
>
> Spritzed off all the grit and road/riverside MUP cruft (goose ****!) with
> less than 1/2 gallon and the gears look a lot better. I used a chainstay
> stand to hold it upright in the driveway.
>
> So there you go: water in a garden sprayer. Only took me ~~~ a decade to
> figure it out.
>
> Use one with a hose/wand attachment, like this:
> <http://ace.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pACE-962111reg.jpg>
>
> I think i'll be buying one for work, soon. seriously.
>
>
> .max

Funny. I remember reading a post about that method a while back, and
said "DUH" why didn't I think of that!

Ken
--
You never have the wind with you - either it is against you or you're
having a good day. ~Daniel Behrman, The Man Who Loved Bicycles

Homepage: http://kcm-home.tripod.com/

 

[Diablo Scott]

Ken M wrote:
> max wrote:
>
>>
>> So there you go: water in a garden sprayer. Only took me ~~~ a
>> decade to figure it out.
>>
>> Use one with a hose/wand attachment, like this:
>> <http://ace.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pACE-962111reg.jpg>
>>
>>
>> .max
>
>
> Funny. I remember reading a post about that method a while back, and
> said "DUH" why didn't I think of that!
>
> Ken

Thanks for the tip but I think I'll get one to wash my dog!


--
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http://diabloscott.blogspot.com

 

[Roger Houston]

>>
>> Use one with a hose/wand attachment, like this:
>> <http://ace.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pACE-962111reg.jpg>
>>
>> I think i'll be buying one for work, soon. seriously.

it looks like R2D2's mother's douche kit.

 

[Leo Lichtman]

"Roger Houston" wrote: it looks like R2D2's mother's douche kit.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
And how would you know that?

 

[Bruce Gilbert]

Have a look at this method, it may work for you:
http://www.purpleextreme.com/cleaning.html


"max" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> No doubt several of you will cluck and say to yourselves "no, really?? Do
go
> on..." when you read this...
>
> After complaining to myself for many about not having a convenient way to
> wash the crud off my bike during the winter, i had a realization: i don't
> need a garden hose!!
>
> So last night I used a small garden sprayer (only ever filled with water,
to
> hose off my parrot -- no pesticides or poinsons or fertilizer, only ever
> water!) and filled it with warm water.
>
> Spritzed off all the grit and road/riverside MUP cruft (goose ****!) with
> less than 1/2 gallon and the gears look a lot better. I used a chainstay
> stand to hold it upright in the driveway.
>
> So there you go: water in a garden sprayer. Only took me ~~~ a decade to
> figure it out.
>
> Use one with a hose/wand attachment, like this:
> <http://ace.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pACE-962111reg.jpg>
>
> I think i'll be buying one for work, soon. seriously.
>
>
> .max