I usually wash mine with car soap out of a bucket and wax it once in a great while. But between serious wash/waxes spray on detailer is my friend, good stuff. And anytime your worried that you've washed or worn away all your chain lube you should consider relubing it, won't hurt it any, and lubing your chainevery 400 miles or so i s a good idea anyways. Just make a point to have the washes correspond with the basic maintenance and do it all at once, with some spray on detailer inbetween for cleaning touchup, least it works for me but I'm not as picky as some people about keeping my bikes spotless. You'll get alot of different answers to this question, and all are right, just do what works for you, the fact that your doing anything means your already up on the game.