abraxas
05-04-04, 11:32 AM
what do you guys use to clean your chains? any products or links to them that you can recommend?
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - keeping chain clean
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harryhood
05-04-04, 12:00 PM
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/chains.html
pitboss
05-04-04, 12:14 PM
citrus cleaner, old toothbrush, tupperware container, cheap beer
fixedgearhead
05-04-04, 12:17 PM
what do you guys use to clean your chains? any products or links to them that you can recommend?
Kerosene/Park chain cleaner/let dry and re-lube.
Fixedgearhead
Kerosene/Park chain cleaner/let dry and re-lube.
Fixedgearhead
dobber
05-04-04, 12:18 PM
']citrus cleaner, old toothbrush, tupperware container, cheap beer
I find that enough cheap beer precludes the cleaning of a chain.
I find that enough cheap beer precludes the cleaning of a chain.
pitboss
05-04-04, 12:25 PM
hence, its final position in my recommendation. I prefer to have the beer once the chain is soaking...otherwise, nothing gets done
skitbraviking
05-04-04, 02:47 PM
']hence, its final position in my recommendation. I prefer to have the beer once the chain is soaking...otherwise, nothing gets done
yea, a few swigs and he's done for
yea, a few swigs and he's done for
pitboss
05-04-04, 03:59 PM
wow...predictable.
SD Fixed
05-04-04, 04:02 PM
I use gasoline. Very effective. I don't drink it after words, but..
streners
05-04-04, 04:14 PM
White lightning means I can often be lazy with my fixie chains. But when I do clean I use one of those parktool cyclone jobs. Parktool chain cleaner liquid is the bomb too. It really does just dissolve any grease or muck. I need to clean it now cause it's making a noise and has a few months of crap on it.
surreal
05-04-04, 04:58 PM
what do you guys use to clean your chains? any products or links to them that you can recommend?
i take the chain off the bike, and drop it into an empty 2 liter soda bottle, half full of water with mineral spirits stuff (buy it cheeeep at the hardware store), and shake it up like crazy. then i let it soak. then, i shake it again. then, i take it out, wipe it dry with a clean rag, put it back on the bike, and relube.
so far, so good.
-rob
i take the chain off the bike, and drop it into an empty 2 liter soda bottle, half full of water with mineral spirits stuff (buy it cheeeep at the hardware store), and shake it up like crazy. then i let it soak. then, i shake it again. then, i take it out, wipe it dry with a clean rag, put it back on the bike, and relube.
so far, so good.
-rob
skitbraviking
05-04-04, 05:49 PM
']wow...predictable.
as is your line of "predicatable"
as is your line of "predicatable"
Bikkhu
05-11-04, 07:44 AM
']citrus cleaner, old toothbrush, tupperware container, cheap beer
ditto
ditto
shokhead
05-11-04, 08:08 AM
Anyone that takes the chain off is doing an overkill. It should'nt be that big of a task unless your mudding or dont clean it on a regular basis. Its a 5 min job at best.
ephemeralskin
05-11-04, 10:55 AM
ditto
ditto.
its not overkill to take the chain off. i do it every few weeks. just unclip the master link on your izumi track chain, drop it in some degreaser, rinse, hang it on a paperclip. after it is dry coat it with some white lightning and let it dry. takes all of twenty minutes while you are surfing the bike forums.
ditto.
its not overkill to take the chain off. i do it every few weeks. just unclip the master link on your izumi track chain, drop it in some degreaser, rinse, hang it on a paperclip. after it is dry coat it with some white lightning and let it dry. takes all of twenty minutes while you are surfing the bike forums.