Originally Posted by CBBaron
This is what I do also although not because its better but because I'm too lazy to clean a $10 part. I figure $10 twice a year for a new chain vs. $10 once a year and a regular cleaning, the twice a year chain replacement is easily worth my time. Ofcourse I use inexpensive SS chains. I guess I might change my mind if I used those 10speed chains.
Craig
I use 7/8 speed $4 chains from Nashbar. I buy several at a time. I was buying tandem chains for $9 and splitting them, but they recently dropped the price on their standard chain, so that's better since it's the same price for two and I get two master links instead of one.
I oil it basically when it starts to make noise, which is either 3 or 4 weeks, or every time I ride in a heavy rain. The next day after a rain it's always squeaking and that bugs me, so I oil it.