Yeah, I am still in the honeymoon phase, before the winter strikes it's cold hands on my soul and bicycle.

For reference my old method (pre-yesterday) was to go over the bike with a spray bottle of 10:1 Simple Green and a cloth. I suspect it was overkill and I did more harm than good. At least that's not how one would wash a car (a much more delicate task in certain respects).

The bicycle is now my primary form of transportation, so if I can spend an hour every few hundred miles looking after it then it is worth it in my opinion. I also enjoy it, as long as I'm not tracking down a mechanical gremlin of some sort.