We’re going to show you how to quickly and easily clean your bike in 5 minutes without damaging it! Ollie also shares some hacks on how to do this with common household objects. LET’S GO!
Welcome 0:00
Pre-wash 0:17
Products for cleaning your bike 1:24
Degreasing your bike chain 1:56
Contact wash 2:35
Brushing chain 4:06
Hosing down 4:47
Drying your bike 5:26
A note of warning! 5:36
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50 Comments
How dirty is your bike at the moment? 👀
This video should be called: How to damage your handlebars/shifters and saddle….If you don’t have special cleaning brush use different sorts of clean paintbrushes. Never leave the bike wet after washing.
not removing break pads?
Sorry guys due to budget cuts all bike wash videos are limited to 5 minutes.
Oh, Make sure you get a crack shot, we’re trying to appeal to plumbers.
I don't have convenient access to an outside hose. Easy excuse.
Drying is half the job 😂
Do you need to safe guard the brake rotors from water ?
Nice, but living in an apartment this is not an option unfortunately
I do have a question about on-bike electronics, such as crank/pedal based powermetres and electronic shifting comp or batteries. How careful do I need to be around them with products and rinsing or are they more sturdy than I think ?
4:27 – As well as showing us how to wash a bike, Ollie also shows us a place to park a bike 😮
If you take the time to prewash to not scratch your bike. Don't just put your wash mit on the ground😅. Little tip I learned from detailing my car: use a bucket with clean water to rinse your wash mit before you put it in the bucket with soap. You will be surprised how much dirt comes off the mit and how clean the soap bucket stays.
Superb video !
I didn't find this video that good because Ollie is cleaning a clean bike, like for goodness sake its like showing how to clean a clean plate and say it took you 10 seconds to do it. All you need to do is to ride the bike during any winter day in the uk and the bike is ussually covered in dirt..
I'd never work the bike while the handlebar rests against the stony wall – it'll just leave scratches on the brake levers.
I hope your left shifter surviced and didnt scratched to much 😫
I thought you folks have been waxing your chains… and now degreaser onto a cassette, water everywhere… 🤔
Don’t ask!
Can you make a video about how to stop disc brakes squeeking
Wouldn't water and degreaser end up in the bearings if you wash it off like that?
your putting diwn the wd-40 video, so why is it still up on youtube teaching people to use it😂
thats exactly not how you wash your bike, you can scratch your frame from the dirt that doesnt losen up when you just wash it with water, you have to carefully wash the frame first before go to the tires and the chain, you started with the shittiest places first and to the frame, gj man
Legends finding bike in this video😂
When I was 16, I got my first road bike from a friend at work. I used WD40 on my chain and then over spray got on my rim. I hit a corner after going for a ride and had absolutely NO brakes and just plowed into a chain link fence🤣 thank God that’s all I got myself into.
What are those products u used to wash can you reply me
How do you wash your bike if you are in Germany?
Please can someone tell me if I can use Oven Degreaser on the bike chain!??
Is it bad to degrease my chain and cassette etc every time I clean it?
I'm so tired of videos that make a race out of cleaning a bike. We need more meditative, beauty videos.
Thank you!
And.. what if my brakes got now no power and squeaking? 😢 help me guys
Let's be honest that bike wasn't dirty in the first place!
So here's a question. If the chain has been cleaned of all oil residue and then waxed, should the degreaser step be skipped?
I have a serious question that i need to know, imagine i need to wash my bike at night,can i just wash it with water then leave it?
How about one for those living in apartments without a hose
I see you've put the chain on the big ring and thus saved yourself some bloody knukles, well done !
I can see that the timer is optional and not on every sequence……
You’re supposed to cover your disc brakes
What if you don't have a hose?
Very helpful video
Bruh now I know why my brakes are dead🫣
How to clean your bike in 12 minutes, 28 seconds: Watch this video, then spend 5 minutes cleaning your bike.
Wheels should be the last thing you clean to be honest.
WD40 Bike Degreaser is what I swear by. It foams up real nice, and really breaks up the grime. It's also not very expensive.
what products are you using?
Hello, this video is really gonna help me out. But, all I really have is detergent and water, a tooth brush and a few spare shirts or towels I can use to dry the bike-
I'm fourteen and I only really use my mountain bike to go to school. Is it really important to use a degreaser? I do need to get lube soon since my chain is starting to rust a bit as well.
That was a funny video 😊
4:28 Bucket Cam? More like the Arse Crack Cam, amirite? 😂
but aren't you supposed to clean your chain dry?
Do the wheels last so not getting grit n stuff in the wash mit or on sponge then going washing your frame
Can you post the products that you used in this video?
Why not just say put the degreaser on the entire drivetrain?🤦🏽♂️