Touring bike outside advice
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On dry days you will be fine for weeks
On really wet days its worth giving the brakes, headset and similar a wipe with baby wipes and having a small old rag with some spray like GT85 and run it through the chain & mechs to clean it , followed by wet lube on the chain. Should take only circa 5 mins and gives you a chance to do a safety check on bike and spot any issues before they leave you stranded.
My commute contains some grim lanes & tracks over winter I used to do the following after every wet commute, otherwise when i used the bike the next day you could hear the moving parts groan! If its dry or mainly dry you can go for weeks with only a couple of bits of lube on the chain
On really wet days its worth giving the brakes, headset and similar a wipe with baby wipes and having a small old rag with some spray like GT85 and run it through the chain & mechs to clean it , followed by wet lube on the chain. Should take only circa 5 mins and gives you a chance to do a safety check on bike and spot any issues before they leave you stranded.
My commute contains some grim lanes & tracks over winter I used to do the following after every wet commute, otherwise when i used the bike the next day you could hear the moving parts groan! If its dry or mainly dry you can go for weeks with only a couple of bits of lube on the chain
TwistingMyMelon said:
On dry days you will be fine for weeks
On really wet days its worth giving the brakes, headset and similar a wipe with baby wipes and having a small old rag with some spray like GT85 and run it through the chain & mechs to clean it , followed by wet lube on the chain. Should take only circa 5 mins and gives you a chance to do a safety check on bike and spot any issues before they leave you stranded.
My commute contains some grim lanes & tracks over winter I used to do the following after every wet commute, otherwise when i used the bike the next day you could hear the moving parts groan! If its dry or mainly dry you can go for weeks with only a couple of bits of lube on the chain
Thanks that's the sort of answer I was looking forOn really wet days its worth giving the brakes, headset and similar a wipe with baby wipes and having a small old rag with some spray like GT85 and run it through the chain & mechs to clean it , followed by wet lube on the chain. Should take only circa 5 mins and gives you a chance to do a safety check on bike and spot any issues before they leave you stranded.
My commute contains some grim lanes & tracks over winter I used to do the following after every wet commute, otherwise when i used the bike the next day you could hear the moving parts groan! If its dry or mainly dry you can go for weeks with only a couple of bits of lube on the chain
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