Rinse again with a low pressure hose.
Cleaning carbon fibre bike frame.
Do not use a jet wash you ll force mud in and grease out of the important bits.
Pressure washers will not damage carbon fibre materials themselves but they can force water into places it would not.
You should never use aggressive solvents as these can damage the paint finish or even the frame material itself in some cases.
Generally mild soap and water are the best cleaning agents for a carbon fibre composite bike frame.
Been using wd40 sprayed on to a cloth to polish clean up my carbon frame for a while.
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.
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.
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.
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.
To take your bike cleaning to the next level jon has some top tips on how to polish.
Like many of you here at gcn we love to keep our bikes clean and shiny.
Riding buddy tells me this is a bad idea but other than lots of threads saying it is a bad idea i can t.