Have I found a good way to clean my cassette?

[Blue Hills]

In particular, I wash them when I change from summer to winter tyres before storing them for next seasons riding.

Thanks for clarifying with the second post. Thought it was a wind up after the first.

No need to wash cassettes either. Just run a greasy cloth, preferably with a good seam back and forth between the cogs a few times. Bit of old shirt or suchlike is fine.
Anything else i must say strikes me as plain anal.

 

[robgul]

Using a bit of sisal string like denatl floss, with a spray of degreaser, works a treat to clean cassettes

Rob

 

[si_c]

I've mentioned this before but ... a while ago I bought a packet of "gear floss" - bits of fat string for cleaning between your sprockets. They are brilliant and last for ages. Now, yes, I do realise that they cost more (a whole fiver for 20, oh my lord, I truly have more money than sense) than an old bit of rag but they are really good and that packet has lasted me a couple of years and is still going.

That just means either you don't clean your drivetrain enough!

 

[T4tomo]

An upsidedown hedgehog works wonders on your cassette. The spikes get all the crap out from between the cogs.

 

[si_c]

An upsidedown hedgehog works wonders on your cassette. The spikes get all the crap out from between the cogs.

I'm pretty sure the hedgehog doesn't enjoy it though.

 

[Alan O]

I've mentioned this before but ... a while ago I bought a packet of "gear floss" - bits of fat string for cleaning between your sprockets. They are brilliant and last for ages. Now, yes, I do realise that they cost more (a whole fiver for 20, oh my lord, I truly have more money than sense) than an old bit of rag but they are really good and that packet has lasted me a couple of years and is still going.

Don't mean to criticize something that works... but have you thought of just buying a big ball of string for 50p or so?

 

[DCBassman]

Ah, they're microfibre ropes. Might try those!

 

[ozboz]

This the best way , find out the high tide times in Richmond and then go for a few scoops in the White Cross and leave it to Mother Nature ,, .....

 

[TheDoctor]

What is this "cleaning" of which you speak?
I rode the Tissington Trail in September, and there's still a good half-inch of limestone-based crud stuck to my downtube.

 

[Threevok]

Clean it the organic way

 

[confusedcyclist]

Clean it the organic way

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Think of the bearings!

 

[Threevok]

Think of the bearings!

Your probably right.

I only got another 6,000 miles out that wheelset, after that day

Funnily enough, I only sold them the other week - they'd been sat in a box the attic for years

 

[roadrash]

you could always clean your cassette with a G string...
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[Arjimlad]

Clean it the organic way

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Ooooooo.... Timotei for bikes !

 

[Arjimlad]

@Heltor Chasca I put my son's filthy cassette in the dishwasher and it didn't really do all that much to clean it