Originally Posted by
tomtomtom123
If you don't do the cleaning, customs won't let you through and then they'll make you do it at the airport. If there's any dirt found they'll make you brush it out and wipe it down.
Deep Chain cleaning is once per 3 months or 2000-3000km so I'm doing it thoroughly.
Doing this in a 5m2 hotel room and you'll see how much more time it takes. Need to lay down the plastic sheets or the room geti dirty and you'll be charged for stains. Moving stuff around to clear the space for the next step when space is limited takes time. Using rags and paper towels to soak up the runoff degreaser and changing plastic sheets to keep the room clean.
What countries are you traveling to/from? I flew from USA to Spain and back with the Bike Fridays. No problem with customs regarding the chains or anything.
We did wash the bikes down after riding through a particular muddy section, but not the level of cleaning that you do.
It sounds like you are more fastidious about your gear than we are, but we do take care and try not to dirty up the places that we are staying.