Originally Posted by Flak
My old bike had the original bb the whole time i owned it. Hosed it all the time.
I think people that freak out over using a hose either havent owned a bike for any real length of time and are just regurgitating what they've heard, or are just unnecessarily cautious.
Nope I do speak from experience. On one of my older bikes I did use a hose and the BB got corroded and had to be replaced. So now I don't use a hose. I am able to clean a bike just as quickly without one and no risk of damaging anything. It's actually less messy to brush away the dirt and wipe things clean.
I guess if you already ride in pretty wet/muddy situations and would normally have to replace parts because of water anyway, why not use a hose.