White spirit vs purpose made degreasers

ichabod
ichabod Posts: 78
edited April 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
I have always used white spirit to clean my chain and cassette. Purpose made bike chain degreasers cost way more.. I was wondering if they have anything to recommend them over white spirit?

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  • cavegiant
    cavegiant Posts: 1,546
    The add 10p of chemicals in and charge 10 times as much.
    Why would I care about 150g of bike weight, I just ate 400g of cookies while reading this?
  • joshtp
    joshtp Posts: 3,966
    white spirit is OK for chain and cassette stuff like that... but a bad idea for your brakes... it contains oil's...


    TBH it's very rarely necessary, hot soapy water and a brush is usually all thats needed for cleaning you DT
    I like bikes and stuff
  • cavegiant
    cavegiant Posts: 1,546
    brakes, 99.9% isopropyl alcohol does the job.
    Why would I care about 150g of bike weight, I just ate 400g of cookies while reading this?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Or, just leaving brakes alone. Don't bother cleaning them unless you've got oil or degreaser on them.
  • hardcorerider
    hardcorerider Posts: 49
    I've just recently started using white spirit to clean my chain and cassette. Must say i'm very impressed with the results compared to Muc-Off.
  • cavegiant
    cavegiant Posts: 1,546
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    Or, just leaving brakes alone. Don't bother cleaning them unless you've got oil or degreaser on them.

    Don't clean them unless they need cleaning is obvious to some, but as a forum good job pointing it out.
    Why would I care about 150g of bike weight, I just ate 400g of cookies while reading this?

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