Chain lube/degreasers?

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Ess

Active Member
Can anyone recommend a good make? The bike oil I use is quite gloopy and I'm a bit overwhelmed by the array of wet and dry lubes available. Also, are degreasers any good to use? Cheers
 

subaqua

What’s the point
Location
Leytonstone
have a search on here for Mickle method of cleaning chains. you won't go back to any other way.
 

musa

Über Member
Location
Surrey
Look in this thread or do a search. It's been covered so many times but finish line or citrus degreasers tend to be repeated amongst the CC forums
 

Fubar

Legendary Member
I think this is an important point to note at the bottom of the link above:

Pete says: April 29, 2010 at 1:10 pm
The “method” is what I use on my own bikes, ever since I read about it on cyclechat forum. However if I’m helping out a friend with their bike, I’ll often find the chain is really really cruddy. So much so that I’d have to use a LOT of expensive lube to get it all off. Usually it’s so worn & stretched as well that I just tell them to get a new chain, but occasionally a clean in solvent like white spirit is the only answer. Wouldn’t white spirit evaporate sufficiently overnight so as not to contaminate the new lube?

Mick Allan says:
April 29, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Hi Pete, the key thing about The Method is that it’s a maintenance programme. It assumes a clean chain at the start and regular attention. It can’t hope to process the accumulated gunge of an abused or neglected transmission. Sometimes white spirit really is the only solution.
 
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User482

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To clean up a really gloopy chain, I would take it off, and put it in a plastic container with a small quantity of white spirit, and leave overnight. After refitting the chain, make sure it's thorougly dry before lubing.

Takeaway containers with lids are ideal. For normal maintenance, go Mickle.
 
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