Originally Posted by
Rides4Beer
Yup, I freely admit it.
Makes me cringe when I see people with expensive bikes caked in dirt and crud, and not from that ride, you can clearly see that the bike is not cleaned/maintained regularly, and the noises they make are usually pretty horrible too. Bikes are a tool, a piece of gear, but there's no reason to not take care of it, especially when you've put a lot of money into it.
You must not mountain bike or gravel ride. You would die from OCD overdose.
Bikes are like cars...they get dinged up, scratched, dirty etc. They are never going to stay new looking unless they sit in the garage doing nothing.
Some of you....
