Drying a bike by machine
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“A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.”
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Strap some fake candles with electric lights to the bike, find a gullible person, and tell them it's their birthday and the bike is a cake.
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The goal isn't to "dry" a bike.
I use my shop compressor to blow away all liquid.
That's what an air nozzle is for.
Bike and parts don't need to "dry" simply because there is no more water. I've blown it all away.
I have never applied heat to dry a bike. I've seen smart folks burn their paint with heat guns.
Large tanks and high cfm are your friend here. I can "dry" a whole bike within minutes.
I use my shop compressor to blow away all liquid.
That's what an air nozzle is for.
Bike and parts don't need to "dry" simply because there is no more water. I've blown it all away.
I have never applied heat to dry a bike. I've seen smart folks burn their paint with heat guns.
Large tanks and high cfm are your friend here. I can "dry" a whole bike within minutes.
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The goal isn't to "dry" a bike.
I use my shop compressor to blow away all liquid.
That's what an air nozzle is for.
Bike and parts don't need to "dry" simply because there is no more water. I've blown it all away.
I have never applied heat to dry a bike. I've seen smart folks burn their paint with heat guns.
Large tanks and high cfm are your friend here. I can "dry" a whole bike within minutes.
I use my shop compressor to blow away all liquid.
That's what an air nozzle is for.
Bike and parts don't need to "dry" simply because there is no more water. I've blown it all away.
I have never applied heat to dry a bike. I've seen smart folks burn their paint with heat guns.
Large tanks and high cfm are your friend here. I can "dry" a whole bike within minutes.
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I use this, bit of overkill, but it works great. It’s a lot quicker then a hair dryer.
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I have a non-electric textile-based appliance that has worked well for me for years. If I wear it out a replacement is inexpensive and readily available.
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I use the same device myself. It's made from a substance that must be patiently grown in a particular environment and then spun into this high tech stuff called "cotton." 'Course, it's not very attractive to some people, since it makes no noise and creates no emissions.
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I've got a couple of 250W to 400W space heaters. Little computer type fan inside. They don't really suck down too much power. You could get a timer for an hour or so and put one or two next to the bike.
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I saw this on E-Bay a while ago.
It sounds like it would take a little tuning, but it should get your bike dry lickity split!!!
Jet Turbine Dryer Trailer Rolls-Royce Viper 11 MK 22
It sounds like it would take a little tuning, but it should get your bike dry lickity split!!!
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I saw this on E-Bay a while ago.
It sounds like it would take a little tuning, but it should get your bike dry lickity split!!!
Jet Turbine Dryer Trailer Rolls-Royce Viper 11 MK 22
It sounds like it would take a little tuning, but it should get your bike dry lickity split!!!
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Keep the bike's "limber holes" clear,
after washing,
bounce the bike a couple times to shake off water,
hang it up by a wheel [back seems to work better, not sure it matters - as long as limber holes can drain],
wipe off excess with a towel, a spritz of WD-40 on the drive chain,
set a regular box fan in front of it, run on low for a while.
bike is dry in a few minutes
after washing,
bounce the bike a couple times to shake off water,
hang it up by a wheel [back seems to work better, not sure it matters - as long as limber holes can drain],
wipe off excess with a towel, a spritz of WD-40 on the drive chain,
set a regular box fan in front of it, run on low for a while.
bike is dry in a few minutes
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maybe?
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