Originally Posted by Roody
When I see pics of commuter bikes here, they're all so clean and shiny. My bike doesn't look anything like that! It's usually kind of dusty in the summer and muddy in the winter.
My bike gets washed about twice a year, if its lucky. The rest of the time, if it looks too filthy, I'll deliberately park it outside in the rain. I do clean the chain about once a month, and at the same time get gunk out of the chain-rings and cogs, but I can't be bothered to clean the rest. It will just get filthy again anyway!
Its a tool. Would you wash a hammer?