I hate cleaning the derailler and cassette

capoz77

:twisted: So much sheep dung, peat, mud, and general trail spam gets stuck in my jockey wheels and I hate knowing its there - I then decide to take the chain off and get a kitchen roll and use fingernail behind kitchen roll as I turn the jockey wheel to scrape all the mud off it.

Then i take my wheel off to clean the cassette with folding rag in between each gear set as I ratchet the cassette round.

I looks at the time and 20 minutes have passed LOL


there must be an easier way

Mancunianfightingcat

Spray it all with FS1 leave it for a couple of minutes. Brush it with an old pan brush and rinse it off. 5 minutes and the jobs done.

Salsa

You want a gear cleaning brush & some spray on degreaser.
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-liam-

30 seconds with a hose pipe

xtreem

[b]-Liam-[/b] wrote:

30 seconds with a hose pipe

+1

Marjory Stewart BAxtor

I think I'm a bit overkill but I take casette and jockeys off, give them a good scrub under an absolutely scolding tap, and put some of the old fairy-up liquid on the casette and chain, jockeys take two secs to clean when off the mech and is very easy to re-grease their bearings. Bish bash bosh, drive train as new! and only takes around 20 mins?

Marjory Stewart BAxtor

failing that, one of those chain scrubber things are meant to do the rest of the drive at the same time

dodgy

If you're lucky to have an external hot water tap and hose, you'll find that will remove any censored in double quick time.

stumpyjon

Pan brush (the sort with a square head) and Hope censored shifter works for me.

lastwords

Spray with muc off then aggitate with cassette cleaning brush rotate cranks whilst brushing cassette leave to stand for 1-2 minutes and rinse

The HutcH

Turn Bike upside down and get a little pot of white spirit and a tooth brush, then rinse afterwards, does the job.

bikesr4riding

Just like mancunianfightingcat said, Fenwicks FS1 and you're away.

For cleaning the bike itself, dilute it 1/10 FS1/water, but for the chain and cassette use it pure and you'll have a nice shiny rig in literally no time. Simply spray it on, leave it for a couple of minutes and hose it off.

For particcularly grimey rides use a chain cleaner

I personally can't rate Fenwicks FS1 high enough. Awesome stuff!!

medicineman

Any one ever used a steam cleaner? Not one of those jet wash combo things but a normal cleaner? Thinking of getting one but don't want to knacker anything.

s-worksenduro

I don't mind doing it to be honest, find cleaning my bikes quite therapeutic. Gives me a bit of me time and a chance to think.
I tend to take the cassette of, have a bucket of warm water with some Swarfega degreaser in, nice stiff brush, good scrub, rinse, allow to dry, regrease and replace everything. Then put the bike in the stand and make sure that the gears are all perfectly indexed. I also use this time to check the wear on the chain, saves it from going to far and making it an expensive job!

S-Works-Rider

i love cleaning every part of my bike.. i find it occupying/something to do.

S-Works-Rider

i love cleaning every part of my bike.. i find it occupying/something to do.

S-Works-Rider

i love cleaning every part of my bike.. i find it occupying/something to do.

S-Works-Rider

i love cleaning every part of my bike.. i find it occupying/something to do.

S-Works-Rider

somthing has happend here i only pressed the button once

cee

hose.....backpedal.....done.....

stelaking

go single speed

capoz77

LOL thats my other bike!

I quite like the idea of the Fenwicks and this is getting purchased as we speak. The spirit on the brush it also quite a good one

Is fenwicks ok if it gets on the disc rotors?

The HutcH

Yeah i turn my bike upside down, get an old tooth brush and some white spirit and like i said does the job. I tend to hold the brush in same place on the cassette and just turn the pedals, rinse afterwards then spray a bit of Muc-Off bike spray on and oil the chain. Job done.

toasty

While I dont vouch for this being a good idea in any way. While cleaning my disc rotors today I gave my cassette a quick spray with my Fenwicks Disc Brake Cleaner within seconds it was absolutely perfect, brand new style shiney, no cloth needed.

I can't see it doing much harm either, I did remove the chain first though. Also make sure you don't spray from above or all the black oily alcohol will drop down onto your rotor!

I usually use FS1 stuff like everyone else mentions, getting the greasey thick oily stuff off is still a pain though.

canada16

I use FS-1 and its great.

I have used a steam cleaner and they are awsome, so so clean, it takes off any grease.

Do not buy that thing from halfords, I bought one and the brissels fell off after two washes.

Good old fashion elbow grease, you can buy it at any shop and its free.

Takes time but its worth it, every few months or so I will start taking jockey wheels off as well and clean, but normaly a tooth brush it fine with a drop of lube.

.blitz

capoz77 wrote:

I hate cleaning the derailler and cassette...there must be an easier way

Clean everything up - really clean - and then use dry lube. Say hello to relubing after every ride, say goodbye to a minging drivetrain.

seataltea

Genesis IO ID on the cards as the next bike, after a new cassette, a new trigger shifter, new rear derailleur, two new chains and three tyres in 7 months I need to cut running costs somewhere.

Even with daily cleaning tiny particles turn into a grinding paste and wear shiny parts quickly.

The Genesis should be better for the UK weather and riding conditions, I'd like to hear from any owners out there.

JxL

seataltea wrote:

Genesis IO ID on the cards as the next bike, after a new cassette, a new trigger shifter, new rear derailleur, two new chains and three tyres in 7 months I need to cut running costs somewhere.

Even with daily cleaning tiny particles turn into a grinding paste and wear shiny parts quickly.

The Genesis should be better for the UK weather and riding conditions, I'd like to hear from any owners out there.

I should be a genesis owner tomorrow, so will report back after a ride

Does anyone use a pressure washer? I have a Mac Allister 2 in the garage (got it for £20 when it was £100 - new as well!). Suppose could use a wider spray option?

capoz77

pressure washer will force the grit even deeper into places it shouldn't be!

Daz555

Pressure washer is fine as long as you keep it on a wide spray and don't blast it into bearings etc.

I just use a normal hosepipe however.

joshtp

Nothing like a bit of Fenwicks FS1. awsome stuff! a total revelation, much better than Muc-off. Fenwicks, a tooth brush, and a big brush, followed by the hose is all it needs.