How to degrease, clean and lube a bike chain and components

blatchcorn
blatchcorn Posts: 35
edited August 2011 in Workshop

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  • Arghyrou
    Arghyrou Posts: 155
    Bike radar is a good link, really its a very easy job that you dont need to do TOO often, so really you will develop your own way for doing things with different products.
    Personally I do it less thoroughly but very often to maintain the groupset.
  • coopsman1
    coopsman1 Posts: 337
    Mate,

    just use kerosene, it will make the worst chain and cassette clean and sparkle. Wipe the excess off and let the rest evaporate off for a few minutes while you tender to other parts of the bike.

    Then lube up as usual but not over doing it. Turn the cranks a few times to work the product into the links and then wipe off the side plates to remove any excess.