Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
I swear by just wiping the chain down, lube, wipe again, repeat as necessary. When I was taking my chain off and washing it, I found that it drove grit INTO the rollers and caused my chain to wear like CRAZY. Now that I'm just lubing it and riding, it seems to be lasting just fine, or at worst no worse than it did when I was wasting all the time cleaning the chain.
Disagree. 1+ on the Sheldon Brown method, though I use a Nantucket Nectars bottle, which is a little bigger with a bigger opening than Coke or Pepsi bottles. The key is giving it a good 2 minute shake to get the degreaser throughout the chain and get all the grit out. Feels great back on the bike. Smooooth.
With all the rain we've had, though, there's no point in taking it off the bike just to get scuzzed up on the next ride. I'm using your method, IJM.