It never ceases to amaze me how many cyclists oil their chains . Its complete waste of time and actually accelerates wear of the chain and cassette sprockets . It also prevents smooth chain transition . Smothering the transmission with oil is a lazy persons solution to maintenance when all that is required is often just a little adjustment
All that oil and grease attracts grit and abrasives from the road which then clog up the chain links, and rear mech jockey wheels. The suction created by all that gooey mess simply prevents the chain shifting smoothly from sprocket to sprocket.
The only part of a chain that needs any lubricant is the internal bearing surfaces of the chain links. Putting oil onto the outside faces of the chain links is a complete waste of time.
Cassette sprockets and rear mech jockey wheels require no lubricant whatsoever. Nor do the external faces of the chain links
These components are designed to run smoothly without a load of oil and grease all over them.
If you really must lubricate something take your chain off and carefully apply a tiny smidgin of fine machine oil to the end of each link pin of the chain.
Wipe off all the excess oil .Remove your cassette sprockets and soak and clean them off.
Remove your rear mech and clean off all the accumalated muck especially the jockey wheels. Apply a smidgin of grease to the faces of steel bearing tubes that the jockey wheels run on.
Heres what it should look like . Completely bone dry, as new. I guarantee your transmission will run and sound a lot better.
All that oil and grease attracts grit and abrasives from the road which then clog up the chain links, and rear mech jockey wheels. The suction created by all that gooey mess simply prevents the chain shifting smoothly from sprocket to sprocket.
The only part of a chain that needs any lubricant is the internal bearing surfaces of the chain links. Putting oil onto the outside faces of the chain links is a complete waste of time.
Cassette sprockets and rear mech jockey wheels require no lubricant whatsoever. Nor do the external faces of the chain links
These components are designed to run smoothly without a load of oil and grease all over them.
If you really must lubricate something take your chain off and carefully apply a tiny smidgin of fine machine oil to the end of each link pin of the chain.
Wipe off all the excess oil .Remove your cassette sprockets and soak and clean them off.
Remove your rear mech and clean off all the accumalated muck especially the jockey wheels. Apply a smidgin of grease to the faces of steel bearing tubes that the jockey wheels run on.
Heres what it should look like . Completely bone dry, as new. I guarantee your transmission will run and sound a lot better.