Cleaning your bike consists of four main steps.
Cleaning carbon bike frame.
Yet as with any bike it s never a good idea to aim the water directly at bearings headsets cranks etc because that can wash the grease out.
To take your bike cleaning to the next level jon has some top tips on how to polish.
Do not use a jet wash you ll force mud in and grease out of the important bits.
Wash your bike frame clean and lubricate your chain lubricate your brake and derailleur levers lubricate your brake derailleur cables and your brake derailleur assemblies.
You can use it instead of or as well as a cleaning solution.
Nail polish is cheap includes a brush built into the cap and it dries fast too.
Bike cleaning spray bike cleaning spray is a good choice if your bike is really dirty or has dried on mud and crud.
Cleaning and washing it s fine to wash carbon bicycles and components like you would any other using warm soapy water and a hose.
For a very dirty bike rinse with a low pressure hose to remove the majority of mud and grit.
Cleaning your bike properly takes minutes but doing so regularly could save you the cost of a whole new groupset later down the line.
Touching up carbon chips can be as simple as dabbing on some clear nail polish.
How to clean your bike.
Like many of you here at gcn we love to keep our bikes clean and shiny.
Rinse the frame.
Once rinsed use mud honey a foaming bucket wash along with our madam palm microfibre wash mitt to clean the bike fully.