Where do you get your rags from...

[magnatom]

So where do you get them? I've used old t-shirts etc for wiping the chain etc, but i don't go through t-shirts often enough to keep up the supply!

So what is worth buying for this purpose? Obviously it has to be cheap, and not shed lots of bits of cotton into the chain as I have found some cloths can do!

 

[numbnuts]

I use bounty kitchen rolls

 

[ACS]

baby wipes

 

[Crackle]

baby wipes, J-cloths & old T-shirts. J-cloths are the best if you are going to buy cloths.

 

[Madcyclist]

Having lost a lot of weight this year I've still got a plentiful supply of large t-shirts and shirts. I'll probably follow the advice above and use J-cloths eventually.

After today's ride including some very muddy single track roads my Touche is finally starting to look like the winter hack/commuter bike it was intended to be. It'd be a shame to clean anything but the chain now !!

 

[magnatom]

Ah-ha! never thought of using baby wipes. Plenty of them at home. I just assumed that the chemicals in them might no be the best for the bike/chain, but if they work...

I'll also invest in some j-cloths.

Daft question, but well answered!

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

Jumbo roll of J clothes...I think they are from Lidl

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Wear a balaclava and raid the neighbourhood clothes lines.

 

[dodgy]

Ah-ha! never thought of using baby wipes. Plenty of them at home. I just assumed that the chemicals in them might no be the best for the bike/chain, but if they work...

Yes, the chemicals in baby wipes can be quite harmful to the steel in bike chains, but they're fine on your baby's arse.

 

[girofan]

Wear a balaclava and raid the neighbourhood clothes lines.

If I raided the woman's clothes line three doors away I would have enough rag for a lifetime. She's a BIG woman!!!
If she caught me though it could be a fate worse than death.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

She's a BIG woman!!!

BIG as in she'd see you as food?

 

[e-rider]

Go to Oxfam or similar and buy some t-shirts for £1 each. This is cheaper than bounty kitchen rolls or baby wipes, it is more environmentally friendly and you are giving money to charities that do great work at home and around the world. If you go XXL you get more rag for your money!

 

[dodgy]

Go to Oxfam or similar and buy some t-shirts for £1 each. This is cheaper than bounty kitchen rolls or baby wipes, it is more environmentally friendly and you are giving money to charities that do great work at home and around the world. If you go XXL you get more rag for your money!

Good idea, but probably best not to tell the staff what you intend to do with these 'rags'. I know for a fact that they pride themselves in the way they prepare/clean/display these items, it might make them feel slightly deflated.

 

[domtyler]

Do you have any clothes recycling banks near you?

 

[mondobongo]

Stay with the Charity Shop but see if you can pick up a bedsheet and cut it up rather than tearing it stops any loose threads getting in the chain. I am actually lucky that the grown up kids keep stuff that will make rags for me so always have a good supply.