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help pls for a newbie
helo. i need some advice. juist inherited a bicycle about 3 yrs old. its got
lots of little gears and stuff, and looks more than just a normal bicycle. i can ride, but i don't know anything abt bikes. trouble is, the whole bike is covered in some oily black gunk. i was intending to put some anti-rust on the rusty parts 1st, but now i am thinking i should clean up the bike 1st. i've used some wd40 to remove parts that are stuck and its seems the oily gunk does come off. but is there anyway i can wash a bike with like degreaser and water? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Then we can all make some tofu for the dolphins who live in the fridge. |
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tim wrote:
helo. i need some advice. juist inherited a bicycle about 3 yrs old. its got lots of little gears and stuff, and looks more than just a normal bicycle. i can ride, but i don't know anything abt bikes. trouble is, the whole bike is covered in some oily black gunk. i was intending to put some anti-rust on the rusty parts 1st, but now i am thinking i should clean up the bike 1st. i've used some wd40 to remove parts that are stuck and its seems the oily gunk does come off. but is there anyway i can wash a bike with like degreaser and water? Sure. My favorite is Simple Green, which you can buy by the gallon at a hardware store (or in smaller spray bottles). It's biodegradable. An old toothbrush can be a useful tool. After you finish, you can lube the moving parts. A teflon spray like Tri-flow is an easy choice. If the bike is really only 3 years old, I'd stay away from the hubs/bearings on the first cleaning. If you really don't know much about bikes, you might have a bike shop look it over and check if the bearings should be overhauled (i.e. old grease taken out, new grease put in) and have a tune-up to get everything in mechanical working order. |
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