Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
Welcome to BF! If your plan is to do all three, then you're signing yourself up for a lot of labor. Some of us do the mineral-spirits deep-clean, and relube with Chain-L (or ATF or chainsaw oil) specifically so that we don't have to touch our chains very often.
thanks for the reply ThermionicScott. there is a less labor intensive way to maintain the chain? im less concerned about the chain than what an under serviced chain will do to my BAH-zillion dollar gear set (bahzillion is relative).....new bike, only a few miles and its loaded with grit already! road bike - 2014 Pinarello Rokh