Originally Posted by rumrunn6

yeah last two rides I didn't do that either, one was in a sloppy wet snowy ride so I figured straight wetness would be OK, they didn't treat the roads near me, so wasn't worried about salt. but since it was an off road ride & I had a sizeable collection of pine needles dry & drop off my front mud flap. last night while changing tires on two bikes I gave all three a wipe down & since I had the rear wheels off two of them, gave those rear derailers a little more attention, especially the rollers. so nice to have access to the inside angle on those, especially up on a stand. also the area around the front derailer that's tough to access with the rear wheel on. the rain ride the other day did accumulate a fair amount of debris from the wet paved trail & also from riding on my car's rear bike rack