The ultimate chain cleaning system

[rjb]

How to thoroughly clean your chain

http://sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html

[cycle cat]

I've been warned about people like him!
Ah the dear departed Sheldon.
I prefer to use a Park chain cleaner and some degreaser.

[RichardPH]

nice timing, makes a change from the old spaghetti tree

[enigmatic]

I bet MickF has already tried it

[Mick F]

Yep!
It was a bit too involved really. The Brasso took a great deal of buffing.

All you need to do is get a jar with a tight-fitting lid and half fill it with Gunk .........................................

[Wesh-Laurence]

Ah Yes. It is a Spaghetti Tree!!

[[XAP]Bob]

Is the date of this posting significant?

It's after 12 and so inappropriate if so.

Sheldon's chain cleaning method, and his selective application of the correct lubricants, is well respected amongst pranksters.

[AlanD]

Yes, highly amusing
I do have one of those white suits at home, now there's an idea. Hummm....

[Dakkar]

Yep!
It was a bit too involved really. The Brasso took a great deal of buffing.

All you need to do is get a jar with a tight-fitting lid and half fill it with Gunk .........................................

Mick was is this Gunk stuff you put in a jar with the dirty chain?

[Audax67]

I'm just imagining building a chain entirely out of Powerlinks and the wee in-between bits... Sheldon was the US's National Treasure, and I'll bet that 99.999% didn't even know he was there.

[[XAP]Bob]

Yep!
It was a bit too involved really. The Brasso took a great deal of buffing.

All you need to do is get a jar with a tight-fitting lid and half fill it with Gunk .........................................

Mick was is this Gunk stuff you put in a jar with the dirty chain?

Iran's automotive degreqser called funkier.

Bloomin' autocorrect...

It's an automotive degreaser called gunk.

[Brucey]

I quite liked this one too...

http://sheldonbrown.com/geomag.html

cheers

[Ayesha]

THE ultimate 'shiney clean chain' system...

Buy a new one.


Seriuosly. Chain manufacturers go to great lengths to specify the correct factory fitted grease in the chain's rollers. All a tour or commute cyclist needs to do is coat the outside with a weather protector. I use furniture polish.

If you are seriously into timetrials, wash all the lube out and apply thin sewing machine oil before the race. Wash and lube before every race.

On a tourer or commute bike, it doesn't take long to get to 0.75% elongation due to wear, so when this happens, I buy a new chain. If I put aside £1 per week, I can install a new chain every six months and have change.

B****cks to scrubbing.

[Audax67]

I quite liked this one too...

http://sheldonbrown.com/geomag.html

cheers

I don't think it works: the word "quantum" is missing.

[andrew_s]

I'm just imagining building a chain entirely out of Powerlinks and the wee in-between bits...

It has been done, and works fine.
However, a source of free or very cheap powerlinks is required