Simple Green in a spray bottle at full strength, a brush, and gloves for the love of god.
There's no shortcut to cleaning a bike if you want to do good job. I do a three step process in my shop:
1. Dry soft brush to remove clinging dirt
2. Simple Green on the drivetrain and frame where it's greasy or tarry or there's clinging organic (gag) matter
3. Lemon Pledge to shine it all up
Originally Posted by
mechBgon
If you know of a cleaning product that will get these clean without stripping wax from the nearby frame (if there was any wax to strip, which is generally not the case), then recommend us some products. To answer your question, no, our shop doesn't wax frames in most cases. Some spray polish maybe.