Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Are your pants permanently grease stained?

From picking up your bike, carrying it in and out of the house, lifting it onto bike racks, moving it to other spots within the house, up and down stairs. And also messing around with all the greasy tools, spare parts, tyres, bike racks, etc. I can’t keep my clothes clean. Can you?

i always carry my bike on the non-drive side. my only problem is when i'm cleaning it. i have been able to get any stains out, though.

Almost all of my clothes are black. The grease helps keep them that way :p

one thing that helps get grease out is butter. i know it
sounds messed up, but non-salted butter. just rub it into
the grease stain, get the area well coated and wash as
usual. i've tried this before and it doesn't work 100%, but
it helps alot, it gets almost all of the grease away. this
is because the grease bonds with the butter fat which is
for some reason easier to wash away than the grease itself.

WARNING: i have tried this only on blue jeans and it worked
fine. a friend of mine tried it on a light grey t-shirt and said
the grease was gone, but a very light stain from the butter
remained.

i have a lot of grease stains on my pants. lestoil works wonders to get the stains out. use the lestoil before you wash them, because it smells kind of funky.

one day, as i was just leaving my place, i noticed a quarter sized black stain on my knee. i used some dishsoap, and it came right out.

google "laundry grease" and you'll come up with a ton of suggestions. coke, rubbing alcohol, etc. surprisingly, dishsoap is also recommended. i can also obviously vouch for it. it smells nice, too. i didn't even wash my jeans after. just rubbed in a small drop of dishsoap, rubbed for a second, and tried to get as much of the soap off as i could with a wet rag. the stain was gone and i could wear my jeans for another week because they had a hint of something good smelling.

http://members.tripod.com/~Barefoot_Lass/grease.html

no, mostly because they're black, or cuz i don't have a reason to carry my bike much and my pants are always rolled up.

one pair... from when I was too lazy to roll up my pants...sucks I like those pants and now they have a grease stain

I only wear shorts

Um, if you're not filthy almost all of the time, then you're not doing it right.

every item of clothing i have has grease on it

Um, if you're not filthy almost all of the time, then you're not doing it right.


Das how swishahouse rollz!

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Yeap, along with my shirts, hoodies, jackets, gloves, carpet, walls, and body. Grease rules.

Yeap, along with my shirts, hoodies, jackets, gloves, carpet, walls, and body. Grease rules.
Sounds like you're getting down and dirty with your bike. :p

I only ride in one pair of jeans, and one pair of dickies, that way I'm not ruining all my clothes.

stains on my pant leg from riding. stains on my right shoulder from carrying my BMX bike on the cta

Sounds like you're getting down and dirty with your bike. :p

Goddamned right. What else can I ride for hours at a time without being asked "Are you done yet?" S'aight though all my clothes are black anyways. I figure the grease just makes them a little slicker for when I hit the pavement.

Goddamned right. What else can I ride for hours at a time without being asked "Are you done yet?" S'aight though all my clothes are black anyways. I figure the grease just makes them a little slicker for when I hit the pavement.

Hehe, if *someone* is asking "Are you done yet?" perhaps you aren't doing it right? /grin

Hehehe, indeed, however shouldn't you be questioning my ability to ride for hours more?

I'll leave that one alone, but it seems unnatural somehow. :lol:

You're supposed to call the doctor after 4 hours I heard.

Yeah and tell him that I lasted 4 hours. Sh*t I'd call everybody I know.

Thank you, DL Hughley.

priapism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/Priapism

i think we've been over this one before.

Um, clean your bike.
Especially if it is a fixie it is really easy to keep clean.
Simple green or WD-40 on the chain to degrease it, use lots, totally soak it. Then use rags and brushes to clean it. Then repeat, then repeat. Then use pro-link to lube, no ****ing wax please, and no wd-40 (it is a degreaser, a solvent). From then on just use prolink, overlube it and wipe of the excess, you will be cleaning the chain while you lube it. I find this works.

Also, simple green before you launder makes a huge difference.

http://en.wikipedia.org/Priapism

i think we've been over this one before.

*****! I mean Bonus!

I have one pair of shants that are permanently grimy from bike grease/dirt, charcoal, spray fixative, serigraphy inks, bleach, spraypaint, and some other stuff that I can't identify. In short, yes.

I have this penchant for wiping my hands on my pants. As a mechanic, if you do this, you will NEVER GET YOUR PANTS CLEAN. I don't really give a rat's a$$ what my pants look like, so I just do it anyway. I suppose I could try to be more careful about it, but all my pants came from the thrift store anyway, so who cares?

working in a bike shop...i always have grease stained trousers. also cos im generally not that 'clean' (my clothes, i shower everyday!)

i tried to stay clean when i first started work, but sod it, may as well be what i am - dirty!

pants, no, but somehow all of my shorts are. go figure.