Jeremy, can you hose off your bike after you get home? I feel super lucky because I live in a (small) apartment building, and people don't normally have access to an outdoor hose. Our bike room has a separate entrance from the street level, and that's where the building's hose is. I lean my bike against the outer wall of the building and hose it down.

But hmm, you're in Wisconsin, so does that make outdoor hoses completely out of season?

By the way, I know a (bike) guy in High Falls (rural area) who installed a HOT water hose on his house for cleaning his bikes. Clever, eh?