During the spring, summer, and fall I was fairly religious about cleaning my bike. It got a wash just about every weekend and a chain lube every few days. But since the winter came, I've been neglecting my baby. It's covered in road salt, dirt, mud - you name it. This weekend, the Fiance is heading out of town so it's bike weekend for me. The temperature will be in the teens, so I won't be riding, I'll be CLEANING!

I live in an apartment which has no access to outside water during the winter. It will be well below freezing outside. I have access to an unfinished basement and with the fiance out of town I could also possibly make use of the bathtub (after the majority of the dirt is removed in some other manner) so long as whatever mess I made could be cleaned up!

So, how should I attack this? My plan is to go to Home Depot and buy a lot of simple green and brushes. I may also buy some sort of large tub. From the bike shop I will be purchasing a new chain, supplies/tools needed for removing the cassete (what do I need for this?), and grease for the bottom bracket. I will be disassembling the whole bike for this cleaning... If it matters, I have a Park PRS-20 professional repair stand to use during this process.

Tips on how to work out the logistics of an indoor, winter cleaning?