A good alternative to cleaning in the bathtub is using a pump sprayer (like those typically used for gardening) filled with hot water from the bathtub. This lets you quickly melt away all the salty ice outside without having to clean it out of your bathtub or kitchen. I don't wash it like this after every single ride, but about every week or 50 to 100 winter miles. Sometimes I use soap and sometimes I just rinse depending on how dirty it looks.


I do wipe the chain down after every single ride in the winter. I apply new wet lube frequently.


I'm trying to keep my spoke nipples lubricated by giving them a drop of wet lube after cleaning. This is an ongoing experiment.