Originally Posted by DrIsotope

I wash my bike down after riding in the rain, because here in SoCal, where it almost never rains, the bike is a dipping pile of muck after riding in the rain, or even the day after a rain. During the dry season (which is about 350 days of the year,) I wash the bike once every couple of months. I dry off my bike after washing it, using the compressor. Why dry it? Because I'm not a filthy savage. I dry the car off after I wash it, why not the bike? Hell, you dry off a horse after you wash it. What would make you leave a bike dripping water in the corner? Apathy? Laziness? Hate?