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Juice Lubes Dirt Juice bike cleaner review

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Liam Mercer

Since beginning his mountain biking career while working as a resort photographer in Greece in 2014, Liam became a freelance contributor at off.road.cc in 2019. From there, he’s climbed the journalism job ladder from staff writer to deputy technical editor, now finding his place as technical editor.

Partial to the odd enduro race, heart rate-raising efforts on slim-tyred cross-country bikes, hell-for-leather e-MTB blasts or even casual gravel jaunts, there’s not a corner of off-road cycling where Liam fears to tread. With more than 40 bike reviews under his belt and hundreds more on MTB, e-MTB and gravel parts and accessories, Liam’s expertise continues to be cemented and respected by the industry.

Product reviews

Juice Lubes’ Dirt Juice is an effective cleaner at a good price, foams up easily and is biodegradable. It also won't harm any seals (don't spray them in the face though, they get grumpy) and won't contaminate your brake pads either. The spray head could deliver more coverage, though.

Dirt Juice has a whole load of properties making it hard not to like. It’s kind to rubber, non-damaging to wildlife and it doesn’t wreck your brake pads. It also smells of coconut… nice!

Rather than a liquid spray like many other cleaners, Dirt Juice comes out as a foam and stays puffed up for up to five minutes.

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It cuts through light grease and dirt easily, though proper black drivetrain clag needs something more substantial.

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Because of this, the coverage isn’t quite as good as non-foamy sprays. You also have to be quite precise with it; it’s quite easy to miss a squirt. In the grand scheme of things though, you don’t waste quite as much this way.

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Most importantly, it's effective, and leaves bikes clean with relatively little effort on your part. Juice Lubes Dirt Juice does the task perfectly, and it’s fairly cheap too.

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