Originally Posted by robabeatle

To avoid premature wear follow this:

http://sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html

Originally Posted by Smokehouse

Holy crap...

There is no way in hell I'm going through that much work to clean a chain. If a chain wears out, I'll just replace the thing before I go through that much effort taking one apart. I bought clearance 10sp Ultegra chains for $24 from PBK and chucked them in storage.

I do need to get a chain stretch "go/no-go" gauge though...