how often and how do you wash/clean your pride and joy?

[Ghis_imp]

This is when everyone tells me that I'm totally crazy, but my bike are never ever dirty, except when they are being ridden. They are completely washed regularly, but I use clean & polish before every single ride, and I never put them away dirty either. If I get caught in the rain, they get washed with soap and water. If not they get wiped down again, and covered up. Going over the whole bike to always keep it clean allows me to assure that everything is always in perfect working order. During cleanings, I have caught sliced rear brake hose, nails in tires, loose parts, and more. I also check tire pressure everytime I live the house, but no more than once in a single day. It's quite time consuming but I like my bikes way to much to have caught something way to late, or ever getting rusted, or faded. I really try to minimize the ravages of time.