Bike care

[Shawn Gossman]

Are there any specific products you use to care for your bike?

Certain kind of chain lube?

Certain kind of soap for washing it?

I'd love to know what you all use!

 

[Rom]

I'm so bad about this. I use household degreasers and cleaners on the bike. Dawn and some spray thing my wife has. I will do this for all my bikes that are on chain lube. Full clean with brushed and get the drivetrain looking good enough to eat off of. The road bike has a waxed chain. So i'm a bit more careful cleaning it. Similar wash, but then I'll use drip wax on the drivetrain.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I'm so bad about this. I use household degreasers and cleaners on the bike. Dawn and some spray thing my wife has. I will do this for all my bikes that are on chain lube. Full clean with brushed and get the drivetrain looking good enough to eat off of. The road bike has a waxed chain. So i'm a bit more careful cleaning it. Similar wash, but then I'll use drip wax on the drivetrain.

So with a wax chain, is cleaning it an easy way to get that wax off?

 

[Rom]

So with a wax chain, is cleaning it an easy way to get that wax off?

It will get the wax off the outside of the links. I went wax to try to get more miles our of the chain so i want to keep as much wax in there as possible.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

It will get the wax off the outside of the links. I went wax to try to get more miles our of the chain so i want to keep as much wax in there as possible.

I bet you really put your chains to use, too!