Sand all over my chain!

purplemonk3y

hi.

just got back from a weekend away, and the forest I was in has horrible sandy stuff everywhere, and I noticed quite a lot of it is all over my chain. any suggestions on the best thing to do? do I need to off it and bath it in some solution or will a fresh oiling sort her out?

cooldad

Use a dry lube, or better a wax lube like Squirt in dry dusty weather. I use it all year round.

1340jas

Wash it all off with hot soapy water and a scrubbing brush. then re-lube with wet lube, I just looked at the weather forcast.

Squarepants

There's nothing like some good 'ol conflicting information eh

corona

All my riding is in the sand. What works for me is a quick scrub with hot soapy water then lube. Once a week (ok more like once every 2 weeks) run the chain through a degreaser, then lube. I always use dry lube, but it only rains a couple of days a year here.

cooldad

Wet lube equals big gummed up mess.
Wax lube needs applying often in bad weather but no big mess.

the_moodster

Chains are cheap, ignore it

cooldad

But mechs, cassettes and chainrings aren't.

allen.coulson

My model is mech = 4 * chain so don't bother about the wear - happy to be wrong. Increasing the time to replace mech by a beter chai is a false economy because of this leverage.

cooldad

allen.coulson wrote:

My model is mech = 4 * chain so don't bother about the wear - happy to be wrong. Increasing the time to replace mech by a beter chai is a false economy because of this leverage.

Er what?
I said nothing about better chains, I use cheap ones and replace them when needed, but having a sandy gunky mess grinding away at the expensive bits can't be good.

bennett_346

allen.coulson wrote:

My model is mech = 4 * chain so don't bother about the wear - happy to be wrong. Increasing the time to replace mech by a beter chai is a false economy because of this leverage.

Fairly sure that made literally no sense whatsoever.

cooldad

bennett_346 wrote:

allen.coulson wrote:

My model is mech = 4 * chain so don't bother about the wear - happy to be wrong. Increasing the time to replace mech by a beter chai is a false economy because of this leverage.

Fairly sure that made literally no sense whatsoever.

I think his cat walked across the keyboard.

felix.london

cooldad wrote:

bennett_346 wrote:

allen.coulson wrote:

My model is mech = 4 * chain so don't bother about the wear - happy to be wrong. Increasing the time to replace mech by a beter chai is a false economy because of this leverage.

Fairly sure that made literally no sense whatsoever.

I think his cat walked across the keyboard.

hahaha!

Def get sand & grit out of chain - brush it, put it through a chain cleaning tool with citrus degreaser a couple of times, then dry & wax that baby up!

I found Finish Line Wax Lube (CRC seemed to have stopped stocking this so need to find another supplier) is really good for dry, dusty, sandy conditions a lot better than the Finish Line Dry Lube anyway.

"..cat walked across the keyboard.." hahaha - classic

paganman

I pop my chain off on a regular basis (SRAM powerlink) and drop it in an old 2 or 4 litre milk carton.
Cover it in parafin, and shake it like mad for a bit. Comes out like new and Parafin costs naff all.(unlike pushbike chain cleaner) I use a similar method on my motorbike chains and they last for ages..

John Moore

12 months of beach riding with only a light hose down and a lube with what ever types's to hand here and all's well.

Don't worry just ride and lightly washdown afterwards.
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