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How To's/Tech TipsMountain Biking

How to: Homemade Bike Wash

By RL Policar
April 29, 2010 1 Min Read
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Need to make your own bike wash? It’s simple…Simple Green! Here’s what I did. I take a spray bottle, fill half of it with tap water and the other half with Simple Green.

Spray it on your bike, let it sit for a few seconds, then wipe away clean! The diluted Simple Green gets all sudsy and cleans up the bike nicely.
Here’s my dirty rear wheel.

Spray it all over the place.

Wipe clean. See the difference.

Works great on the frame.

Sweet…

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RL Policar is an avid mountain biker and the Editor In-Chief of MtnBikeRiders.com and BikeCommuters.com. Between the two sites, he's published well over 4,000 articles (and growing).

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4 Comments
  1. Hunter says:
    April 29, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    Hey did you guys know that none of your emails seem to be working? Was trying to contact you but [email protected] and [email protected] get bounced back. Is there an alternate email?

    Thanks!

  2. daisycutter says:
    April 29, 2010 at 4:47 pm

    You can use a lot less simple green when I wash my muddy bikes. What I do is lightly spray my bike with water/simple green (5/1 ratio) Wait 5 min and then rinse with a lite spray of water and watch the dirt rinse away. Great stuff that simple green

  3. Tim "Ciseaux" says:
    April 29, 2010 at 6:36 pm

    Simple Green is so simple to use. It cuts everything from grease to to barnacles on the hulls of vessels.

    I use it on everything even my scissors!

  4. Dan says:
    April 30, 2010 at 5:53 am

    Careful using Simple Green on the entire bike. It’s also a powerful degreaser and can strip away grease where it’s needed (lesson learned the hard way). Dish soap and some soft brushes are less harsh. Daisycutter’s suggestion also seems reasonable.

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