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One of the guys over at Clodtalk is a bike fanatic and recommends a citrus degreaser that he uses for cleaning bikes and parts, as well as rc's. The Citra-Solv sounds about right, but I'm not sure if that's what he uses or not. I wash my graphite chassis with a cleaner called "Purple Power&quo...

with the occassional use of WD-40, as seems to remove tape goo the best. Lighter fluid works well for removing tape residues, don't know how it will react with annodizing and such, but it should be fine on plastics. It has to be cigarette lighter fluid though, BBQ fluid doesn't work. Paint thinner ...

I use "Simple Green" it does a great job keeping my tires clean (foam ones too). Will leave em tacky.