How do you wash your bike after a ride?



How do you wash your bike after a ride?

  • Low pressure water

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Compressed air

    Votes: 102 45.1%
  • Wipe my bike

    Votes: 9 4.0%
  • Other (please reply with details)

    Votes: 98 43.4%
  • None

    Votes: 17 7.5%

  • Total voters
    226
If you wash a bike with spraying water it will get in the headset and bottom bracket and will also rust out on the inside
 
There's a car wash down the road from my place and whenever I go out for a long ride and my bikes all muddied up then I just go to the carwash and have it cleaned up it cost really cheap at $1.
 
I love to wash my own bike using water and powder soap and metal polish after that, and I'm doing this just once a month, I'm not frequently use my bike because of lack of time.
 
This thread is really helpful. It seems like the better way to clean or wash a bike is to use air compressor so to protect it from rusting and other residues left by just washing it with water or other types of liquid soap.
 
Well I brush off the mad with a strong brush if there's any and I just use a wet towel to wipe off the remaining dirt. I then use a second towel to dry it up before I hang my bike