Originally Posted by chephy
Not a post about riding, but finally I cleaned up my bike, washing off all the slush and salt it has been ridden through the last couple of days, relubing and applying generous amounts of WD-40 here and there. I do keep wondering though what is the point of going to all this trouble of cleaning if the bike will get as dirty almost as soon as I take it out again (relubing I understand, at least)...

I actually went to hose mine off last night, when it was thoroughly slush-encrusted, which I've never ever done before, but the hose was frozen. At least the slush melted off in the garage over night.