Originally Posted by
adigra
I would advise against leaf blowers as they will chuck all kinds of grit at the paintwork. A dryer will have a filter and be much more precise.
I know the question was specifically about drying bikes, but just a comment about using it on larger areas on cars, as a previous post mentioned, it's not really meant for that, it would take hours. It's to get into the areas a squeegee and a towel can't. It's perfect for drying multi spoke wheels, and especially the bolt holes, as well as callipers, etc. and my favourite is getting all the water out of panel gaps.