It depends on the environment you are cycling the bike in and how dirty you are getting it. Primarily this depends on how wet it is.
As a rule of thumb, I probably find myself doing it only once or twice over the summer (although more often this summer) but once or twice a week during the winter. You should generally notice when it's necessary, the bike will not go as smoothly. Certainly cleaning makes a phenomenal difference.
Note this is spray with Muc-Off and use cloth/brush on it, I'm not taking the chain off the bike twice a week!
As I'm not a fan of oily chains I degrease my chain once a week as part of the clean - a few zips through the chain cleaning doofah using Halfrauds citrous degreaser then an extensive clean of each link using baby wipes, before drying off using paper towels.. Once the rest of the bike is washed, rear wheel back in place etc it's one drop of Finish Line wet lube per link, overnight soak and wipe off the excess the next day.
Having stripped my MTB freehub & drive-side rear wheel bearings dry of grease using muc-off on the cassette it's never going near my Fulcrums! I use folded over baby wipes in-between the sprockets to bring the cassette back to a like-new shine, and take the cassette off and give it a really good clean once a month or so.
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As a rule of thumb, I probably find myself doing it only once or twice over the summer (although more often this summer) but once or twice a week during the winter. You should generally notice when it's necessary, the bike will not go as smoothly. Certainly cleaning makes a phenomenal difference.
Note this is spray with Muc-Off and use cloth/brush on it, I'm not taking the chain off the bike twice a week!
Having stripped my MTB freehub & drive-side rear wheel bearings dry of grease using muc-off on the cassette it's never going near my Fulcrums! I use folded over baby wipes in-between the sprockets to bring the cassette back to a like-new shine, and take the cassette off and give it a really good clean once a month or so.
A good scrub, wash off, then a dose of Finish Line Wet Lube (or Pro Road Lube if you want something swanky).
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