"Rural QLD CC" wrote in
:

Greetings,
Just curious to know what I should use to clean my chain
with. Now that I've got a fair amount of time on the bike in the rough
stuff, the chain is starting to get 'gummed up'. I've always used
kerosene and a stiff brush to clean the chains on my motorbikes (being
super careful not to get it on any bearing areas etc) and it's always
worked a treat. Is there any reason why I shouldn't use kero to clean
my mountain bike chain too? What about cleaning the derailleurs and
rear chain rings/derailleur sprockets?

Which leads me to my next question......after cleaning, what's the best
way to go about lubing the stuff I've cleaned? I've got teflon based
lube for the chain, so that's not a problem. But what about the
derailleurs and sprockets?


Thanks!

MrBonk
www.mrbonk.com




Simple Green and a good chain brush to clean. Pedro's Extra Dry chain lube
doesn't attract as much dirt and keeps drivetrain from getting too gunked
up. Cleaning after every other ride or so will keep the drivetrain clean.

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