missyburd

That's your opinion. But every circumstance is different. For instance, my bike spends a lot of its time parked up outside while I'm at work where and a large volume of people walk past it every day, if I had the time to keep it looking spick and span I wouldn't be owning it for very long. The more neglected it looks the less attention it draws to it and the less attractive it looks being ridden by someone else illegally. There are a lot of bike thefts about, even more so of recent weeks.

People have bikes for different reasons as I'm sure you'd agree. Although I love mine to bits and don't much like seeing it mucky, it's just not worth my time to spend hours cleaning it for it to look just as crap within minutes. I spend a lot of time riding through cow-trodden back roads and tractor tyre debris every day, all gets rinsed off by the rain to be put back on another day. I'd go mad trying to keep it clean. Would rather put in the elbow grease one time after winter. My bike is not a toy for other people to admire at how disciplined I am with a scrubbing brush and a duster, it's a vehicle that serves its purpose beautifully by getting me from A to B in a fun way. I ride it for me and noone else, so if you think that's lazy then tough cowpats.