welcome back to the videos guys I'm out on the road bike in the woods with my brand new arrow
haircut why am I in the woods on my road bike because I'm trying to get it dirty today's video
is the 5 minute likely problem today is that it's like 30 degrees and it hasn't rained in
the last few days and it's been over 24 all of those as well so not much mud around how many
puddles I'll figure out a way to make it dewy the woods did a fairly good job it's dusty I
can't clean the chain in a while now what's good at a gravel blackout and Texan sick footage from
my new gimbal which was there it's not there anymore because I think I've got scammed on
eBay so I know it's a little screwed come loose on the side and then it fell on the floor while
I was riding did manage to find it again even though it was like a tiny tiny screw in LA I
thought he was gone forever picked it up go at home and then noticed there was like glue on
the end of the screw the other two screws holding on the same bit of the gimbal this is a 200 pound
thing they didn't have any glue on so I think it was like a botched repair or like a factory
refurbished on or anywhere I can't quite work out if the person is doing it on purpose or they've
bought a faulty one and then tried to sell it to me in good faith anyway it means I don't have the
gimbal anymore pretty sucks but I have ordered one recommendation from Dustin Klein the grill
in mouth GoPro thing now cleaning your bike is the thing that I think people overcomplicate
quite a lot there's also a million different products out there that I think most of them
you don't need there is one though that's the most used thing that I used at least when I was
working as a mechanic in the workshop all the time for everything and those in this box well
now they sent this to me for free so consider it an advert GT 85 I use this for so many different
things and not all of them bike related but in today's video I'm gonna show you how I use it
during the cleaning process over my bike now there's videos out there already that cover
super deep cleaning of bikes a cleaning method I'm gonna show you today it's quick easy and
needs to be done immediately after your ride if you're getting straightaway and don't leave your
bike lying around for too long it makes it way easier oh yeah I'll show you what's in here soon
things you will need sorry for the noise very nice day outside today so neighbors
are screaming a bucket of water with the squeeze of fairy liquid in it other brands are available
a brush this one's for washing cars it could be a brush from a dustpan and brush a can of
GTI t5 hopefully you haven't lost the straw that comes with one clean rag one dirty rag
again doesn't need to be anything special you can use old t-shirts I've cut up this piece of towel
towels are really good for this because they're a little bit rougher and they've got a slightly
thicker edge to them that's really useful in one of the steps coming up I'm gonna be using
this work stand behind me you don't need to use a work stand but it is handy to get around the
bike and do it a bit more quickly maybe you can hang your bike from something which might make
it easier step number one you want to cover your whole bike in soapy water I always try
and stay away from the brake calipers and I try and stay away from the brake rotors as well but
honestly don't worry too much I've never had a problem with contamination from just soapy water
now you want to give the washing-up liquid a few minutes to sort of sink in loosen up all that dirt
and then because you're doing it straightaway after coming in from a ride should all just
come off you haven't gotta go nuts with the brush it's more just a means of getting the soapy water
on the bike this step will get rid of the first layer of mud and dirt that you can see the bikes
gonna look a lot better afterwards where we don't wanna stop here next step I've now filled up the
same bucket which is water now you can use a hose for this but not everybody has a hose wash all the
suds off your frame in the wheels and do it like this next step let the frame dry off a little bit
GT 85 spray on when your rags and give the frame or wipe over there's any little oil marks or like
stubborn bits of dirt those won't come off GT 85 will almost definitely get rid of it and leave the
frame nice and shiny obviously you'll be very protective over your frame I've been doing it
this way for years I did double check with brown protein mechanic if it is safe on all frame sets
and he said yes he uses it all the time now this does act as a very light lubricant so you want
to keep it away from your braking surfaces so if your rim brakes keep it away from your brake
pads and your brake track if your disc brakes try to keep it away from your calipers and your discs
that's why you're better off spraying it on a rag instead of spraying it directly on because
you don't know where it's gonna go if the winds blowing and that sort of thing you just want to
reduce those chances of hitting those parts don't be afraid to use it all over your chain
chain all over both the rollers come get the backsides of it if you can does make things a
little bit easier having your wheels off don't forget under here so easy with a spray of this
stuff next stage cleaning your cassette Janey's coming next when we put the wheels back on while
the wheels are off that's gonna make cleaning this way easier take your rag ideally a towel
with a nice edge to it take your wheel wedge it up against the wall make a triangle with your knees
so it doesn't move and then you want to floss in between each sprocket on the cassette the
cassette will naturally spin round you will be working against that to clear out all the dirt
definitely much easier than taking your cassette off and if you don't have the tools this is your
option the more often you do this kind of clean less effort is so whenever I come back from a
rainy ride or every two or three dry rides I try and do this if you leave the cassette but still
clean the chain it ends up spreading around and you end up with a whole dirty drivetrain again
now for this bit you need this and the straw I told you don't lose the straw do as I say not
as I do straw again using this straw means you can be much more precise and you want end up
spraying your brakes now you want to look for any pivot points on your bike so if you've got
caliper brakes which I don't have here you want to spray it in between the caliper but you'll
make sure you cover up your pads don't contaminate them you can be really sensitive with this button
and only let out a tiny little bit because you just want enough to lubricate those pivots and
make sure they don't end up seizing especially do this if your rides been wet I also use this
on my pedals stops your cleats from creaking around and all the pivots on your front and
rear derailleur as well so I think small moving parts big moving parts griefs small moving parts
this chain chain loop you can use this as a great way to clean your chain which your see
in a minute but you don't to leave it on there is your main chain loop next bit wheels back on
now the wheels are back on it's gonna make cleaning or chain a little bit easier I'm
gonna put it in the big ring and on the smaller sprocket on the back that should mean you can
backpedal without any problems novice bro of GT 85 on a rag on your dirty rag we're saving
the cleaning rag for something else I start here on the upper part of the chain pushing forwards
that means the cassettes holding the chain as you push squeeze the chain fairly hard in the
rag and that's our jet bit with your fingers and then when you deem that bit of chain clean
enough you can then pull it backwards and work on the next bit now the GT 85 works as a great
cleaner but it also leaves a little bit of lubricant and stops it from rusting wilter
displacer so if you're really forgetful like me doesn't matter if you leave your bike outside
now forget to put your chain lube on it's not going to suddenly get really rusty just like the
cassette if you do it straightaway when you come in from a ride it's much much easier if you let
it build up sometimes it can be a bit of a pain and the last thing my super easy but clean this
does really need to be a very clean rag this is for cleaning your disc rotors the last thing you
want to do is contaminate your rotors making that horrible squealing noise or even to the
point where your brakes stop working properly so you take your super clean rag and just rub
with a dry rag around the rotors try not to let your fingers touch him now if they have ended
up getting contaminated you can use proper disc brake cleaner on them I've always found
this method works really well you've just got to make sure the rag you use it's super super
clean and go as far to say if you've used it anywhere else on the bike you can't use it for
this so there you go hopefully that proves that you don't need every product Under the Sun in
order to clean your bike bucket brush so people or GT 85 can allow Sage's covers all the bases
so I really hope you enjoyed that tutorial let me know what you thought in the comments if you guys
have any suggestions or handy tips related to by cleaning put me in the comment section down
below any questions I'll do my best to answer them and I promised I'd open fridge Ely fridge
Ely a new toy for the studio thank you James for the recommendation here this is what he uses for
his bike fit cameras in the studio and it is oh there's so many bits ah there's an articulate
arm I'm gonna stick to the wall in the studio and then have a camera that's top down will top down
view so I'm when I'm reviewing stuff or doing a bike fit Tuesdays it's an awesome perspective
to show you shoot and cliffs and stuff like that anyway thank you for watching see you soon