Clean your bike properly – maintenance tips for your bike

If you love your bike, you‘ll take good care of it! It’s as simple as that. Whether it’s a city bike, trekking bike, mountain bike, racing bike, folding bike, e-bike or else – every bike appreciates regular maintenance and care. With the right care products, that’s easily done. Based on our Bike Care Set, we’ll show you what’s important when cleaning your beloved bicycle.

Care products for your bike

Admittedly, the choice of bike care products in general can be pretty overwhelming. That is why we were clever enough to develop a multi-piece Bike Care Set. With this set, you can be sure to have all important products for cleaning, care and lubrication of your bike close at hand. However, all items are also available separately, of course.

We’ll explain to you step by step how to thoroughly clean your bike with the help of the set and we also have some more useful maintenance tips for you. By “we“ I mean some of my WEICON colleagues, who use the Bike Care Set themselves for their bikes. Among them are occasional weekend riders as well as passionate cycling enthusiasts. So let’s dive right into the hands-on testing of our Bike Care Set!

Get rid of the dirt – basic cleaning of your bike

Bike Cleaner

We’ll start with our Bike Cleaner. You can use this product for the basic cleaning of your bike.

Here, my colleague Philipp demonstrates the use of the cleaning agent on his Cross Race. He sprays the power cleaner diluted with water (maximum mixing ratio 1:40) evenly onto the handlebar, rear derailleur, frame, rims, spokes, pedals, saddle and cargo rack using the pump dispenser. Then he removes the loosened dirt with the included sponge. In the end, he wipes the bike off again with the sponge and just some clear water.

TIP If your bike shows more dirty than clean parts, you should prepare it with the sponge and some clear water, before applying the Bike Cleaner.

Multi-Foam

Basic cleaning isn’t enough for you? With the biodegradable Multi-Foam, you can remove even stubborn dirt caused by insect residue, grease stains or persistent smudges. Just like the Bike Cleaner, you can use the Multi-Foam for your entire bike. Our colleague Janna uses it to clean the matt black frame of her beloved bike on a regular basis.

TIP The Multi-Foam also cleans textiles gently. Give it a try on your bike trailer, saddle bags and co.!

Polish your bike

Care Spray PTFE

Of course, thorough cleaning is already an important part of taking care of your bike. In order to provide it with long-lasting protection, however, using a special care product in addition makes sense. Good thing our set also includes a Care Spray with PTFE formula. The spray maintains all surfaces on your bike, such as frame, spokes and mudguards, while leaving a shiny, weather-resistant protective layer. In addition, it is suitable for lubricating mechanical components or for maintaining electrical contacts.

Our colleague Thorsten loves it when his e-bike shines brightly! Ever since he’s had the spray at home, he uses it on his bike regularly. Then he uses the microfiber cloth, which is also included in the set, for polishing.

CAUTION Do not apply to brake disks/linings and tyres!

Stay smooth

Bike Drive Cleaner

Your bike should always run smoothly. That’s why you need to pay attention to rear derailleur, chain and sprocket on your bike. A polished and shiny bike will not get you anywhere, if you don’t also take good care of the smaller parts, that keep the bike running.

You can use our Bike Drive Cleaner to keep the bike chain running smoothly by removing dirt from the chain, chain rings and sprocktes. It’s also suitable for cleaning the rear derailleur, rims and brakes and gets rid of excess bearing grease.

WEICON employee Sascha is a triathlon enthusiast – especially the cycling part is his thing. He uses our Bike Driver Cleaner regularly for his beloved racing bike.

TIP Before using the Bike Drive Cleaner, you should remove loose dirt with a sprocket brush or a microfiber cloth (both included in the set).

Bike Chain Oil

Bike Chain Oil even rings a bell for most people who tend to put off bike cleaning. After all, oiling the bike chain regularly is a must for every biker! It’s the only way to keep the bike running smoothly.

And yes, I know that, too. That’s right, here you can see me – Annabelle – author of this blog post and owner of a folding bike. I commute to work by train every day, covering part of the distance by riding my folding bike. Which means, my two-wheel transportation device must always run smoothly! And that means: oiling the bike chain regularly!

TIP The bike chain must be clean and dry, before you apply the Bike Chain Oil. Apply with the dosing tip, turn the crank backwards two to three times and remove excess oil with a dry cloth. The white colour of the Bike Chain Oil enables easy visual control.

Assembly Paste

Screws, that can’t be loosened anymore or seized-up pedals – many bike owners come across these problems. Maybe you, too?! With the right lubricant, you can easily get rid of these nuisances.

Our colleague Thomas has been a cycling enthusiast for ten years now. He’s even the head of a cycling club. So what an honour it is that he uses our Bike Care Set for his bikes!

For example, he uses our Anti-Seize High-Tech for lubricating the threads on his click-in pedals and as corrosion protection for all sorts of screw connections.

Maintenance also includes safety

Threadlocking

The Bike Care Set also contains a Threadlocking for all screws on your bike. This keeps everything safely in its place even in case of heavy vibrations – whether it’s on cobblestone or while riding downhill.

Thomas also uses the Threadlocking to secure the cleats on his bike shoes for the clip-in pedals.

The Bike Care Set at a glance

Now you know what’s important for the right bike maintenance. In this video, our WEICN colleague Matthias explains concisely what our Bike Care Set has to offer. Have fun on your next trip on your squeaky clean bike!