Re: Caught in rain

On 7/5/25 21:24, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 5/7/2025 2:57 AM, James wrote:

 I rinse mine for a few minutes in a coffee can with brake cleaner (https://www.grainger.com/product/CRC-Brake-Cleaner-Solvent-35WT64) then drop it in an ultra sonic cleaner for 15 minutes. I can do several chains at a time.
 Take them out, let them dry (the ultrasonic cleaner is heated so they dry quickly) then hot dip in the wax. I keep quite a few chains in rotation so waxing 4 or so at a time generally takes about an hour (less than 30 minutes or so for the cleaning portion of 4 chains), and a lot of that is waiting so I do other stuff.
 

I don't waste my time with special cleaning.  The most I do is to squirt on some detergent and hose it off.  Wax based lubricants tend to expel dirt and leave the chain squeaky clean.
Chains last me a long time without any special cleaning practices.

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I put a new Campagnolo 11s chain on my gravel bike last October.  Since then I've raced a UCI gravel race (137km) and another gravel race over terrain that was more suited to a mountain bike, with creek crossings and descents you couldn't walk down without sliding.

 What race was that? We have a race up here called Rasputita. Northern Vermont in the spring -  a combination or mud, snow, ice, and big fucking hills, for 60 miles. I did it once in 2010....never again....
 

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