Finishing up the Vuelta de Vasco soon and looking for a place to give my bike a was before stashing it in a friends car.
Car wash but don't use the pressure hose?
by grnwlski
Finishing up the Vuelta de Vasco soon and looking for a place to give my bike a was before stashing it in a friends car.
Car wash but don't use the pressure hose?
by grnwlski
11 Comments
There’s plenty of local tap (feuntas) so buying a bucket and a brush from the dollar store could be an option. Not sure if the locals would appreciate that though…
Any gas station. Spanish gas stations have a water squirter at the air pump. I know because I’ve used them for exactly this… (It does cost like a euro for 5 minutes though…)
Just a bucket and some water and a wash clothe or sponge.
Wipe it down.
I rode my old chromoly MTB solo for nearly 5k one summer going across the country and tons of off-routes. I rode Route 66 out of Santa Monica, through the Mojave, diagonally through Texas with tons of muddy Farm to Market (FM) roads, through the swampiest backwoods and the Acadian country of north/south Louisiana, and to the Keys of Florida. Got stuck in rain storms for days, camped inside a huge Joshua Tree, and was chased by packs of feral dogs in desert… Guess how many times I thought of, worried about, or asked about washing my bike? Yep, zero. But if you were worried about someone’s car, just buy a $10 tarp and wrap in around it if you can’t find a water hose somewhere?
I’ve cleaned my bike by setting up next to some sort of (drink) water tap and using bottles to spray water on the bike. Also bought a sponge to wipe a bit. Worked well
Pressure washer at any car wash is what I always use. Just be careful on gear shifter and derailleur, spray from the distance. Water, soap, water, dry and lube.
Wow, not the response I was expecting.
There were some earnest replies so thanks for that!
To the rest: get out and smell some roses✌️
Off topic, but what frame set is this?
Bucket and sponge does not work very well (been there, done that).
I took my bike to the shower (don’t tell anyone!). More than once. Works great!
P.S.: your bike does not look dirty enough. I would not yet worry about cleaning.
I find a microfibre cloth and a local fountain a truly excellent way to clean the bikes. Every town and village in Spain has publicly accessible fountains you could use. Here I am in Turkey cleaning our two bikes after a dusty few hundred miles.
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Can you be a bit more specific? Are you in Egia, Antiguo, Gros, where?