Originally posted by ngateguy
SO do you guys wash your cars or lube it every time you drive it or after it rains? your lube will last for more than a rain storm I clean the drive train every 100 miles and clean the bike as necessary. If you put some good wax on it you don't have to clean it very often. (my only exception is the MTB I hose it down after off roading if it is covered with dirt )
You certainly are right that a wax will give a certain protection, but please, don't ever compare a car, mainly used as a mean of transportation, with the bikcycle most of us use for pure pleasure.
And by the way, (let's take an exmaple of a car used for a kind of leizure or competition) did you ever see a dirty formula one before a race? I don't care that much about a low end bike I'll use for tranportation, but I care a lot if it is my leisure bike.