Can Pressure Washing your Bike Damage it?

Okay, so we know that going a little overboard with bike washing can cause some squeaks in your linkage, but will it really damage anything? Today, we'll get my mountain bike dirty and blast it with a pressure washer to find out!

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[BermPeakExpress]

Haha! That was a lot of water inside the bearings, so probably not a good idea to blast them directly like that. But JUST TRY AND STOP ME from cleaning my rims like this every time. Pew pew!

[Kvaraciejus-tcln]

I watch this guy every day and I don't even ride a mountain bike.

Edit: got a mountain bike

[VantagePoint]

I think Seth just wanted a excuse to use a pressure washer.

The pressure washer is the greatest and most fun to use thing in the world

[Sentientix]

"I don't think i pressure washed it enough." I swear, this guy watches Whistlindiesel on his spare time

[dmalette]

Who agrees that Seth should make another drama drop?

[byrongreen]

5:48 if you haven't done this to your tyres with normal hose then have you ever washed a bike?

[dweezil]

Me who is a dirt bike rider: “That’ll be

[poopoodoodoo]

Mom: “go play with the neighbour’s kid”

the neighbours kid: 10:54

[joseph-the-seventh]

For years I’ve taken my bike to a self-serve car wash and cleaned it with the pressure washer, without problems. They key is to avoid blasting sensitive areas like bearings.

[jackmcnaughton]

when he spun the pedals freely i genuinely thought he would just hit himself in the head with the pedal

[bigslacker]

I have a 'tornado' attachment for my pressure washer that makes it in between a hose and a regular pressure washer. It's perfect, strong enough to get the muck off but not so strong that it would ever take paint off. Perfect for the PNW!

[tannerthimling]

10:55 is by far my favorite part of the video. I have a Chemical Guys foam cannon that fits to my pressure washer. this vastly reduces the PSI, and i also have an adjustable pressure washer - max 1600PSI. I think it comes down to not being ignorant and holding the nozzle one inch from the bike, keeping a distance and using the right technique and equipment, anything can work. I use my pressure washer for literally everything, cars, sidewalk, driveway, house and even to clean my legs off when they get covered in muck.

[cvellas]

When u listened to the cranks by spinning them I was like plzzzz don’t hit him

[theturtle]

Seth: "No one is advocating you wash your bike with a pressure washer"

Seth 5 seconds later: "THIS IS AWESOME"

[ravenmonserata]

Others: Does everything they can to be trending on youtube

Seth: Pressure washes his bike and gets #30 on trending in few hours.

[thesupernad]

The real test is to do this, then leave the bike to dry for a week and pull the bearings. Remove the bearing seals and check to see if there's any rust in the bearings.

[nojs]

"Welcome to another episode of berm peak express" gets me everytime🤟

[adamdorsky]

Seth says “wourder” for 12 minutes straight.

[JF-ltzc]

"I didn't even remember these things were copper colored!"
That's because they were electroplated silver and you blew the plating off! hahaha

[alisav]

I've been washing my bike in a car wash with a pressure washer for years and never had any problems with it.