Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
If you want top notch results, it might be easier to disassemble the wheels. It takes a lot of time to do that and rebuild, but it's not as annoying as scrubbing around the spokes.
Not that I've ever done it that way, but I've never scrubbed away 50 year old paint from a bike. From a house, yes.