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Chain cleaning tools.

  • 25-07-2012 9:18am
    #1
    CardinalJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone have one they can recommend? Have had a look online and prices vary pretty wildly. I mainly mountainbike at the moment so my chain is getting covered in gunk with the wet weather.


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  • #2
    Gavin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭Gavin


    Park tools chain cleaner. Reliable and you can swap out the internals. Works very well.


  • #3
    el Bastardo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 573 ✭✭✭el Bastardo


    If you're talking about those chain-cleaning contraptions with wheeled brushes and what not, I bought a finishline one and thought it was pretty crap - Way too much messing. I just use an old toothbrush and two-sided cassette brush.


  • #4
    smacl
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,812 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    +1 for the Park Tools, though if your handy with the power link, taking the chain off and putting it in a coke bottle half full of degreaser works well too.

    Regardless of method, I find its very important to rinse all the degreaser off thoroughly and allow to dry properly before re-lubing, and wiping off all excess lube. This seems to minimise the amount black oil that invariable covers your hands and bar tape during any mechanical.


  • #5
    DaveyDave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,367 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    I use the Park Tool Cyclone Chain Scrubber and the GearClean Brush, does the job pretty well just be sure to get a degreaser as a normal bike cleaner like Muc-Off only does so much. They do work really well compared to something like a rag though.


  • #6
    CardinalJ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭CardinalJ


    You all had to go and recommend the most expensive one..... Ha


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  • #7
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,310 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    CardinalJ wrote: »
    You all had to go and recommend the most expensive one..... Ha

    I don't use one at all. "Fenwicks Foaming Degreaser" is the business! Just spray it on like shaving Foam. Scrub the chain and cassette with an old toothbrush while turning the pedals. Then rince off and relube when dry. Works a treat!


  • #8
    gman2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭gman2k


    CardinalJ wrote: »
    You all had to go and recommend the most expensive one..... Ha

    That's cos it's the only one that works!!!

    I mainly do MTB, so I use the Parktool one to remove the most of the crud.
    Then I remove the chain, and put it in a bottle of white spirits to get it shiny overnight. Then it's into a bottle of homebrew (engine oil and white spirits).
    Hang the chain up once it's done with the homebrew, and drip it back into the bottle. Once it's dry, refit to the bike.


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