Perhaps so, but you had the problem, and you asked for help. I, oth use chains for a lot of miles before they need replacement and have never had a failure. Take it or leave it, but my advice was well intentioned and technically proper. A little machine oil every few hundred miles and a wipe down is all you need. The rest is just fluff. Not criticizing you if the clean drive train is tbat important to you. Just saying you are opening yourself up to problems unnecessarily. Is it not wierd that you seem to prefer learning you need to buy a $10 (?) link every couple of weeks than that the procedure isn't required at all?