Cleaning Carbon Fibre Bike Frame

For the most part you can and should care for your carbon fiber components no differently than you do your painted surfaces.

Cleaning carbon fibre bike frame.

For those worried about their carbon or for roadies who love gravel roads and trails where carbon is subjected to stones and debris hurled at the frame from the wheels there s a cool product called shelter bike frame protector 29 95. Yet as with any bike it s never a good idea to aim the water directly at bearings headsets cranks etc because that can wash the grease out. Been using wd40 sprayed on to a cloth to polish clean up my carbon frame for a while. Cleaning and washing it s fine to wash carbon bicycles and components like you would any other using warm soapy water and a hose.

Rinse again with a low pressure hose. You wash them the same as you would paint you can polish them to remove swirls and increase gloss and you can wax and seal them just the same as well. Like many of you here at gcn we love to keep our bikes clean and shiny. You should never use aggressive solvents as these can damage the paint finish or even the frame material itself in some cases.

Do not use a jet wash you ll force mud in and grease out of the important bits. Once rinsed use mud honey a foaming bucket wash along with our madam palm microfibre wash mitt to clean the bike fully. For a very dirty bike rinse with a low pressure hose to remove the majority of mud and grit. Effetto mariposa makes a carbon protector.

To take your bike cleaning to the next level jon has some top tips on how to polish.