Originally Posted by
hanshananigan
I read it somewhere, so I thought I'd try it. A cloth does fine, sure, but since there was no lube on the chain, I was concerned about rust in the crevasses while airdrying. It's happened to me before.
LOL. Get a nickel-plated SRAM chain. They're well worth the extra $10.
Your chain is fine, given that 450F isn't hot enough to alter the ductility of steel. If it was dropped in a bucket of salt water after being removed from the oven, it would be time for a new chain.