[proglife]

i have the park chain cleaner and ran out of fluid

is there an alternative to that? i'm guessing it's just a household degreaser marked up a lot?

 

[CBJ]

Do you really need it. I use dry lube and whipe off the chain when its dirty. It even works great on my DH bike. My experience is the cleaners remove too much lube from the chain.

 

[proglife]

i've been running the chain through the cleaner widget and scrubbing out the cassette, then applying Rock n Roll Absolute Dry Lube. didn't learn this from any guru, so perhaps i'm doing it wrong?

 

[CBJ]

I used to do that. Now I just wipe down the chain. Lube and wipe. Sometimes lube a second time if the chain was really dirty.

 

[proglife]

still runs silent?

 

[loco-gringo]

I occasionally use the chain gang. I don't think anything works as well. I do use some marine cleaner on the cassette and chain that works well to spray on. I hope it's not eating my frame before I rinse it off.

I hate dry lubes. I like Prolink myself.

 

[proglife]

I hate dry lubes. I like Prolink myself.

what's to hate? never used it before this bottle or rock and roll, but i can't tell any difference between it and whatever the hell i was using before

 

[MtnbikeMike]

I use Simple Green in my Park chain cleaner....when I use it. I have found it cleans my chain a little too well and makes for a noisy chain, even when overlubed.

 

[golgiaparatus]

Heres how I do it.

90% of the time I run Boshield on my chain. Its a wax lube but way thicker and more resilient than most. Doesnt shed as fast as most. Originally designed by boeing for airplane parts.

Anyway, if I end up in the gunk for a ride I'll hose the chain off, let it dry, then lube it up really thick with white lightning. WL sheds really fast. It seems to collect all the grime and shed it all off, after a couple of dry rides my chain will typically be clean as hell. Then I lube back up with boshield.

If I have to ride more than 1 day in nasty conditions I skip the dry lubes and hit the pedros synlube, which wont wash off no matter what hits it. Eventually though it always gets dry again and I hit the WLightning real heavy for a few rides and then go back to Boshield. Chain just seems to last longer w the dry lubes.

 

[maddog17]

i just use the citrus stuff i bought in a 5 gallon jug at Costco or BJ's