Bike cleaning time again

Tyneamite

Evening Ladies and Gents

my chain and socket etc... on my bike has become rather gunky and messy with all the oil I have used, is there anything out there that will remove all this gunked up oil/grassy/ferny/foliage crap off my chain and sprockets, tryed with a pressure washer, but no luck, takes most of it off, but I would like to take all the old oil of if humanly possible,

also what grease/oil should i Use on my suspension forks, they are rather dry and mucky, and I figure there should be summit I can use to lube them, and maybe give them some protection from the elements, to stop them rusting,

fletch8928

I use Hyster multiquip for all degreasing. The grease starts to run when i shake the can its that good

kitenski

this will do the trick........


http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Park_ ... 000000655/

cat_with_no_tail

I have to say, when it comes to something like chain cleaners, I dont see the point in paying for Park stuff unless you are a full-on Park fanboy*.

This will do the exact same job for much less money, and comes with a can of degreaser too.

Or even better, 2 Tesco Value Toothbrushes and some neat fenwicks. That'll do the entire chain, cassette, chainrings, jockey wheels etc and not just the chain like those chaincleaners.

*Purely my own opinion on!

llamafarmer

Cat With No Tail wrote:

Or even better, 2 Tesco Value Toothbrushes and some neat fenwicks. That'll do the entire chain, cassette, chainrings, jockey wheels etc and not just the chain like those chaincleaners.

This.

I've got a white lightening chain thing and it's ok when I've got home from a night ride and just want to give it a very quick clean before I get some food in my belly, but a brush and hot soapy water is FAR more effective. Don't use a jet wash!

MacAndCheese

Muc off degreaser - My girlfriends father and I used it to degrease a some bearings from an old classic car that had been sitting in someone's shed for about 20 years - properly caked on it was, I was amazed at the results.

Tyneamite

ok ladies and getns, just bought myself a tin of muc off,
felt like a right twat in the shop when i asked the guy what lube/oil should i use on my suspension forks, ....when he turned round and told me you should never use oil etc... on them LOL

MacAndCheese

There's something called Fork Juice you can spray on to the fork seals to keep them lubricated, it's a lot thinner than chain lube though!

rhext

...or just wipe the stanctions with a rag with a little general-purpose lube on it.

(I'm sure I'll now be deluged with posts explaining exactly why that's a bad idea, but it seems to work a treat for me!).

As far as the dirty chain is concerned, pretty much any proprietary degreaser and a toothbrush will do the trick. But I find myself using neat Fenwicks in a chain-cleaner, leaving for 2 minutes, and then running through several changes of hot soapy water, again using the chain cleaner. Comes up like new!

Tyneamite

ok gents thx for all the input,
the idea behind the lube on the forks is, my ex parnter has a carrera and its used for work every day in every weather, and the forks are rusting like hell...so it stands to reason, a little lube= waterproof barrier to help against rain and stuff