How often do you clean your chain?

[eeheeheebike]

Just ordered a muc off chain cleaner thing.

commuting daily around 20 miles a day, mostly on roads.

every couple of weeks too much?

 

[Smokin Joe]

When it looks mucky.

 

[Dolorous Edd]

Religiously, once a year, whether it needs it or not.

 

[Sea of vapours]

After every ride, but only by running it both ways through a piece of rag for about 45 seconds .

 

[gavroche]

After 2 or 3 rides cos I like doing it.

 

[Cerdic]

Not enough...

 

[Alex321]

Depends on the weather. Weekly when there is a fair amount of water around, every 2-3 weeks when it has been completely dry.

 

[dodgy]

Wipe with a rag soaked in gt85 every other ride keeps it clean. Better than those god awful chain cleaning contraptions.

 

[Alex321]

Wipe with a rag soaked in gt85 every other ride keeps it clean. Better than those god awful chain cleaning contraptions.

What makes them "god awful"?

IME they do a reasonable job of getting the chain clean.

 

[Scoosh]

Anyone who is a Member of CC should know of and use the Mickle Method – the definitive chain cleaning/lubricating method for happy chains, which has been used by lots of CC Members for many, many years and many, many miles.

@mickle

 

[StuAff]

First Thursday in Lent, in a leap year.


No, not really.

 

[dodgy]

What makes them "god awful"?

IME they do a reasonable job of getting the chain clean.

A rag with gt85 cleans the chain well. What do you do with the crap liquid in your ‘chain cleaner’ when finished?

Try this method before you decide which is best.

 

[PaulSB]

Wipe with an old oily cloth after every ride plus the Mickle Method.

 

[Drago]

I fit a new chain every ride.

 

[sasquath]

Every year, always 01/04 following this method:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html
On a serious note:
Quick wipe after every wet ride. Full contraption clean in isopropyl alcohol once I hear grit when chain is bent sideways. It comes to 100-200 miles on tarmac, much more often on gravel.

I run used alcohol trough cotton cloth and reuse 4-5 times before I dump it once a year with engine oil in local recycling centre.