How often should you degrease & lube your chain/gears
08-05-13 | 08:08 PM
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How often should you degrease & lube your chain/gears
Hi Folks,
Just getting back onto riding a road bike this season after over a decade on a Mtn bike. Besides the obvious visual indications when your chain and drive chain is blackened with oily sludge/dirt, how often should one perform a cleaning/degrease and lube? I ride on mostly clean smooth roads, no gravel or back roads and 40-60 km (25-35 miles) per week.
Thanks for your inputs.
Just getting back onto riding a road bike this season after over a decade on a Mtn bike. Besides the obvious visual indications when your chain and drive chain is blackened with oily sludge/dirt, how often should one perform a cleaning/degrease and lube? I ride on mostly clean smooth roads, no gravel or back roads and 40-60 km (25-35 miles) per week.
Thanks for your inputs.
08-05-13 | 08:19 PM
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As often as necessary. There's no one answer. Lubes have different life expectancies, and conditions vary tremendously, so use your head, and senses to make a judgement call and lubricate as often as needed. If in doubt, lube earlier rather than later because it's better to waste a bit of oil, then to wear a chain running it dry.
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08-05-13 | 10:36 PM
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I do not know if this is the best approach, but personally I clean and relube the chain when I start to hear it.
In my case I use Chain-L lube which makes my chains completely silent, so I can use chain noise as an indicator. Obviously if your lube doesn't silence your chains, this practice won't work.
In my case I use Chain-L lube which makes my chains completely silent, so I can use chain noise as an indicator. Obviously if your lube doesn't silence your chains, this practice won't work.
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