Originally Posted by jeff-o
I found that automobile brake cleaner does a great job of blasting away months of black, slimy chain gunk. However, I'm hesitant to recommend it because it is fairly costly. I used up almost a whole can just to clean my chain and rear cassette. Heh, mind you, the chain on my trike is about 9-10 feet long...
Watch what you get it on as well. Some of those can melt plastic.
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