Bike Wash Station

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January 28, 2017 at 9:46 am #1064946

KLizotte
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I once saw a guy washing his bike in the dog wash station in my apartment building. The bathtub and sprayer are very similar. Kinda got me thinking….

January 29, 2017 at 12:56 am #1064968

drevil
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I used to use something very similar to this when my wife and I lived in an apartment. The problem was it doubled as our body washer also

January 29, 2017 at 1:43 am #1064969

Judd
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@drevil 153819 wrote:

I used to use something very similar to this when my wife and I lived in an apartment. The problem was it doubled as our body washer also

I have also employed the bike in a shower method.

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January 29, 2017 at 1:47 am #1064970

anomad
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Doesn’t the loofah get caught on the chainwheels?

January 29, 2017 at 2:18 am #1064971

Judd
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@anomad 153821 wrote:

Doesn’t the loofah get caught on the chainwheels?

Advanced technique… all the pros are using loofahs and Gillette Mach 5 razors to clean their bikes now.

January 29, 2017 at 2:23 am #1064974

KWL
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The unfinished basement in our 90 year old house has a floor drain, which hasn’t been allowed in new construction for quite some time. Hose attached to the washtub faucet and hey presto, a bike wash area.

January 29, 2017 at 9:44 pm #1065010

BobCochran
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No one would really wash a bicycle in the same tub used for people washing, right? That was just a gag photo, yes? I mean the mess is really tough to clean up afterwards. And who wants to step on chain grease. The stuff is probably carcinogenic.

Bob

January 29, 2017 at 10:59 pm #1065013

Judd
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@BobCochran 153863 wrote:

No one would really wash a bicycle in the same tub used for people washing, right? That was just a gag photo, yes? I mean the mess is really tough to clean up afterwards. And who wants to step on chain grease. The stuff is probably carcinogenic.

Bob

It wasn’t a gag photo. I really did wash my bike in my tub. However, I haven’t done it since and I wouldn’t recommend it for the following reasons:
1. My bike is bigger than the tub (not everyone will have this problem)
2. I did get grease on things, which meant that I had then had to clean the tub
3. I don’t have a shower head with a cord to help with rinsing

I live in an apartment, which makes a good full bike washing a bit challenging. What I do now is put the bike on a trunk rack, degrease the drive train, clean everything else with Muc-Off and then use glasses of water for anything that needs a rinsing. When it gets warm again I’ll probably crack out a bucket of soapy water and a sponge.

January 30, 2017 at 1:07 pm #1065038

drevil
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@Judd 153866 wrote:

It wasn’t a gag photo. I really did wash my bike in my tub. However, I haven’t done it since and I wouldn’t recommend it for the following reasons…

I too was not kidding. Late 90s, mountain biked a lot, didn’t care (too much) if I rode muddy trails, lived in a small 1-bedroom apartment with my girlfriend (now wife), and had no access to an outside hose. It was so long ago, but I think I only did it a handful of times, mostly because of Judd’s #2 and less so because of #3. The most important reason I discontinued was because of the wrath I’d face after doing it

January 30, 2017 at 1:51 pm #1065045

huskerdont
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Ya gotta do what ya gotta do, but I would not gotta do that. If you clog the tub drain, it’s much harder to remove the trap than it is for a sink drain, at least for all the bathtubs I’ve lived with.

In the winter, I attach 3-ft section of old, cut-off hose to the outside spigot. If there is excessive mud on a bike (or tons of road salt chunks), that’s what I use. Otherwise, preference is to just wipe things clean. Obvs. different if you live in an apartment.

For the washing station, it looks like the urinals in certain dive bars I’ve been too. I suppose this would not be a selling point with the significant other?

January 30, 2017 at 4:52 pm #1065069

Judd
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@huskerdont 153899 wrote:

For the washing station, it looks like the urinals in certain dive bars I’ve been too. I suppose this would not be a selling point with the significant other?

Sorry that I peed on your bike.

Made me think of a dive bar in St. Louis called the creepy crawl that seriously had a bathroom that was almost like an open pit.

January 30, 2017 at 6:14 pm #1065078

LeprosyStudyGroup
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@Judd 153924 wrote:

Sorry that I peed on your bike.

Made me think of a dive bar in St. Louis called the creepy crawl that seriously had a bathroom that was almost like an open pit.

As some of you already know there’s one of these bike wash stations behind the parking lot at the tip of Hains Point, it’s free and heated and open 24 hours a day.

January 30, 2017 at 6:33 pm #1065080

bentbike33
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@LeprosyStudyGroup 153933 wrote:

As some of you already know there’s one of these bike wash stations behind the parking lot at the tip of Hains Point, it’s free and heated and open 24 hours a day.

Must be why Judd’s bikes always look so sharp.

January 30, 2017 at 7:19 pm #1065083

drevil
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@LeprosyStudyGroup 153933 wrote:

As some of you already know there’s one of these bike wash stations behind the parking lot at the tip of Hains Point, it’s free and heated and open 24 hours a day.

Werd! When I wanted to surprise my buddy by washing his bike at the single-bike washing bowls that are so prevalent in our area, I couldn’t find the scrubbing brush which usually sit beside them. I sent him a text asking if he had any ideas where it could be, and he had the GALL TO GET MAD AT ME?!?!?!

Good samaritanism doesn’t pay anymore (or my buddy’s just an ingrate).

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January 30, 2017 at 7:22 pm #1065084

Judd
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@bentbike33 153935 wrote:

Must be why Judd’s bikes always look so sharp.

I bought a three year warranty from Revolution Cycles that will replace the drivetrain for free, so the maintenance has been pretty lax on the new bikes.
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