http://bluecollarmtb.com/2006/04/12/never-clean-your-bike-with-a-pressure-washer/ Mountain Bike Reviews, News, Deals and How Tos Thu, 24 May 2012 18:25:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://bluecollarmtb.com/2006/04/12/never-clean-your-bike-with-a-pressure-washer/comment-page-1/#comment-37003 ChillyV Mon, 01 May 2006 15:33:16 +0000 http://bluecollarmtb.com/2006/04/12/never-clean-your-bike-with-a-pressure-washer/#comment-37003 So if your bottom bracket gets water in there what are you supposed to do? Repack the grease? Maybe Guitar Ted could give us a quick lesson on how to repack the BB and hubs? So if your bottom bracket gets water in there what are you supposed to do? Repack the grease? Maybe Guitar Ted could give us a quick lesson on how to repack the BB and hubs?

]]> http://bluecollarmtb.com/2006/04/12/never-clean-your-bike-with-a-pressure-washer/comment-page-1/#comment-35765 Guitar Ted Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:11:14 +0000 http://bluecollarmtb.com/2006/04/12/never-clean-your-bike-with-a-pressure-washer/#comment-35765 After discussing it with the customer, I found out he was washing the bike upside down. He was using a garden hose to rinse it with, but claims he didn't use any sort of pressure. He said he just "let it run over the bike". If that's true, then we need to say, "Never wash your bike upside down"! After discussing it with the customer, I found out he was washing the bike upside down. He was using a garden hose to rinse it with, but claims he didn’t use any sort of pressure. He said he just “let it run over the bike”. If that’s true, then we need to say, “Never wash your bike upside down”!

]]> http://bluecollarmtb.com/2006/04/12/never-clean-your-bike-with-a-pressure-washer/comment-page-1/#comment-35762 Fritz Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:44:36 +0000 http://bluecollarmtb.com/2006/04/12/never-clean-your-bike-with-a-pressure-washer/#comment-35762 Doesn't have to be pressure washer. I can't imagine riding a 5200 in that much rain, but on my old steel fixie my BB looks just like Ted's photo, with the grease all nasty and spoogey after extended periods of rain riding. Doesn’t have to be pressure washer. I can’t imagine riding a 5200 in that much rain, but on my old steel fixie my BB looks just like Ted’s photo, with the grease all nasty and spoogey after extended periods of rain riding.

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