I use a connex link, so I'm a removal and soak in degreaser guy but.. Last year I bought some degreaser from Performance. It was a spray on type and it would form a nice gel coating on the chain. I would let it sit for an hour or so and rinse with a hose. It worked very well, but be careful not to spray it into hubs or bb.Pendejo said:I was curious as to how most of you clean your chains. I spray mine directly with a hose, and use a brush and cloth. I lube it after it dries. If there are better ways (without removing the chain), please advise.
Because I'm cleaning the whole drivetrain with the same mineral spirits I put in the chain cleaner tool. If I took the chain off that would turn cleaning into two seperate operations. I don't see where any time would be saved, really.jandbzpapa said:i'm not sure why you don't want to remove chain. Get a SRAM it comes off and on soooo easy. Then I put the chain in a liter pop bottle with cleaning solution shake and let dry...very easy and works well
Insight Driver said:Because I'm cleaning the whole drivetrain with the same mineral spirits I put in the chain cleaner tool. If I took the chain off that would turn cleaning into two seperate operations. I don't see where any time would be saved, really.
capwater said:Redneck chain cleaner: gasoline and cutoff Budweiser tall boy can always works for me.
All i need is a can of lube and a towel.Pendejo said:I was curious as to how most of you clean your chains. I spray mine directly with a hose, and use a brush and cloth. I lube it after it dries. If there are better ways (without removing the chain), please advise.
I'm with capwater. Gasoline is cheap (used to be anyway) and reuseable. SRAM Powerlink for easy chain removal.capwater said:Redneck chain cleaner: gasoline and cutoff Budweiser tall boy can always works for me.
I agree. In fact, that doesn't make any sense at all. Clearly, how often you need to replace your chain depends on how much you ride, first and foremost. Another big factor is how meticulously you keep your chain clean and lubricated, and whether or not you ride in the rain, or even off-road. I know of cases of people riding road bikes, in dry weather only, cleaning and lubricating the chain every couple of hundred miles, getting something like 10,000 miles (no, that's not a typo) out of a Shimano Dura-Ace chain. I know others who replace that chain every 2,000 miles or so.Mpc350 said:Another thing I heard from the "BikeTalk" podcasts (anyone listen to those?) is that you should replace your chain every 6 months. I feel that's a little overkill.
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