01-02-2023, 06:42 AM
Hi everyone! I hope you're enjoying a great start to 2023.
I'm curious to hear your go-to method for getting a chain truly clean. I don't mean, just looks shiny or is good enough for a quick clean after a ride. I want to know what you do when you want to get every last morsel of ground-up, link-destroying, roller-eating, tooth-gnashing crud out of your chain.
The Best Chain-Cleaning Recipe Ever?
I reckon Oz Cycle on YouTube has the most comprehensive technique for cleaning a chain (in advance of waxing) but man, is that a major process and frankly, I don't really have a good place to hang up a chain while it dries/releases all those fumes (I live in an apartment).
Ultrasonic
I stupidly burned out my ultrasonic cleaner on a big restoration last year. Is it worth replacing that for cleaning my chain? I used the Wippermann Connex on all my chains, so it's easy to whip off the chains.
Chain Cleaners
I have two different makes of chain-cleaning tool (the kind that snap together over the chain) but I'm generally underwhelmed by messiness and performance of those.
30 Minutes of 'Fun'
Other than that, chain cleaning for me is basically a case of do a total bike clean and while doing that, use cleaning solution, brushes, sponge and chain cleaners until no more crud shows up in the cleaning solution.
What am I missing?
I'm curious to hear your go-to method for getting a chain truly clean. I don't mean, just looks shiny or is good enough for a quick clean after a ride. I want to know what you do when you want to get every last morsel of ground-up, link-destroying, roller-eating, tooth-gnashing crud out of your chain.
The Best Chain-Cleaning Recipe Ever?
I reckon Oz Cycle on YouTube has the most comprehensive technique for cleaning a chain (in advance of waxing) but man, is that a major process and frankly, I don't really have a good place to hang up a chain while it dries/releases all those fumes (I live in an apartment).
Ultrasonic
I stupidly burned out my ultrasonic cleaner on a big restoration last year. Is it worth replacing that for cleaning my chain? I used the Wippermann Connex on all my chains, so it's easy to whip off the chains.
Chain Cleaners
I have two different makes of chain-cleaning tool (the kind that snap together over the chain) but I'm generally underwhelmed by messiness and performance of those.
30 Minutes of 'Fun'
Other than that, chain cleaning for me is basically a case of do a total bike clean and while doing that, use cleaning solution, brushes, sponge and chain cleaners until no more crud shows up in the cleaning solution.
What am I missing?