jamey

i wish i could contribute to this thread.

Nachoman

Today I cleaned my chain by boiling it my wife's favorite spaghetti pot, scrubbing it with the lemon zestor, and finally baking it clean on her pie plate.

Thisisit

My roommate always gets pissed when I rinse my bike off in the shower. I mean, how else am I going to get all that salt off? I use lysol whenever I'm done, but he still flips.

Good thing he is usually at class when I am done school for the day.

curiousincident

I remember when we used to stuff cans of whatever we could bribe the kid down the hall to buy for us into toiletry bags and drinking as quickly as possible in the dorm showers. The community showers were good for 40oz races with friends. Nowadays I never do that kind of stuff, I just can't get inspired when there's no thrill involved. I think I'll have to try a can in the shower tomorrow morning though.

crushkilldstroy

Been there. Nothing quite like living in the dorms.

Bullsh*t. You scrub it with the mushroom brush.

This thread rules.

kjohnnytarr

Seems like beer in the shower comes up every couple of months here. Yes, it is a gospel to be spread.

asherlighn

Im going to have to quite fervently disagree with this. Pulls of whiskey while in the shower are a GREAT thing, especially when you just get out of the cold.


And on topic ..

This morning I drove 200 miles with my old road bike on my trunk bike rack. When I got home it was completely covered with salt and sand filth from the interstate. Promptly brought her upstairs and gave her a good shower. Frame is in the workstand drying and the drivetrain is soaking in degreaser now.

Charlesbian

freshmen year me and my 2 friends would pull lawn chairs into the showers and sit under them for 2+ hours drinking and shooting the ****. we would pass out in the showers, effectively blockading all the showers on our floor for the whole day (had a small dorm). we got talked to a couple times about it but it was well worth it.

NitroPye

Ya whiskey in the shower can be difficult though. A open glass gets it full of shower water if you are not careful. I like a nice shot to keep me warm. Beer in the shower rocks too.

To recap: Drinking in the shower rocks, significant others that deal with our obsessions rock, this thread is better then "can I haz sum deep vs and a break lOLZZZZZZZZZZ?"

curiousincident

What ever happened to taking pulls from the bottle? Or a flask?

NitroPye

Usually if I am drinking whiskey in the shower I've already had a few...

I'll remember to use my flask next time. Thanks.

JohnnyDoyle

"No matter what your dad tells you, never use gasoline to clean bike parts. Instead, use a combination of compressed match-heads and fertilizer."
-Quote from an old Mountain Bike Magazine repair manual

My garage has several grease-soaked toothbrushes. Ya know, for those extra-plaque days.

You really do need to throw the shower beer in the mix though, it's really hard to beat.

save_alkaline

shower beers are the only way to go! i love waking up saturday morning still drunk from the night before. grab a beer and head to the shower, you'll be feeling like new.. err well.. like you did the night before, in no time!

and grabbing a beer after work and heading to the shower is nice too.

carail

Woooow, drinking in the shower,i dident think anybody else did this. I guess im not alone

NitroPye

If you are drinking in the shower you are never alone. Your drink is there to comfort you.

mander

Once I tried to harden up a rattlecan paint job on a small part by baking it in my GF's oven, on the back of one of her coookie sheets. Needless to say she wasn't completely pleased to find me doing this, but she was still pretty evenhanded about it.

paulwwalters

As a drummer I use the tub or dishwasher to clean my cymbals. And I use lemon halves to get any extra gunk off of them. The blue Dawn dish soap cuts grease fairly well.

As for the quote about never using gasoline to clean bike parts, how hard would it be to stick a cassette in gasoline and burn all the gunk off? I'd probably have the ATF fast-lining onto my roof within 5 minutes...

lhcommons

yeah, on the side of your head!

JohnnyDoyle

Well, the gasoline works as a solvent...you don't light it. You ever seen a big industrial parts degreaser tub? It's basically a sink full of gasoline (well, something that smells VERY similar, at least) with a sprayer to recirculate. DESTROYS your hands if you don't have the proper gloves on when you use it. Some big shops/bike companies have these things.

paulwwalters

I see, so it's like a nail polish remover in that sense.

I think lighting it would be rather entertaining though...

TheKingFiphtin

I think drinking and smoking in the bathroom in general is pretty great. I know what I'm doing as soon as I get home tonight...

dirtyphotons

to recap

cleaning chain = not necessary. lube your chain and wipe it off once every week or two. it will stretch before it gets filthy enough to be a problem. then replace it, stretched chains kill the expensive parts of your drivetrain.

shower beers = proof that god loves you. even if you philistines are drinking pbr.

fights with the roommate/significant other about cleaning the bike in the shower = pick your battles. a spray bottle of simple green + hose + yard/driveway/balcony with well thought out drainage = domestic bliss and clean bikes.

*new*guy

https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ht=beer+shower

I know there are even older threads on this topic, but that was the first to pop up.

metaljim

you just said the magic words my friend! every vintage shop i've worked in (vw and vespa) had CASES of the stuff, and when i had my moped shop, before we moved into a new shop space i told the owners i wouldn't do a lick of work until they finally got me some simple green. best **** ever!

AHemp

I guess they don't use sand or salt on the roads in your area, huh?