Ah, but chain cleaning (like tube patching and net mending) is a satisfying art!
I wipe off the chain, then mix hot water with Dawn and Simple Green in a plastic container, toss in the chain, agitate the h_ll out of it, then pour off the liquid, wipe the chain, and rinse a couple more times. Dry with a heat gun, then lube with something light (ProGold), wipe, and bag for a week or so. Then wipe it down again thoroughly and lube with Chain-L. FWIW, I have had one chain break in 45 years of riding, and it was on a single-speed with a Sachs 8-speed chain and wasn't (IIRC) a removable link. I *was* pulling a trailer with children at the time, so that may have been a factor. On Thursday, June 5, 2014 8:01:03 AM UTC-4, Ron Mc wrote: > > $10 shipped > http://www.ebay.com/itm/SRAM-PC-830-8-Speed-Chain-/121354999533 > > On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 10:33:12 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: >> >> That's why you buy by the stack. Or that's the reason I buy by the >> stack. A lot of places, including Chain Reaction (and Rivendell), do free >> shipping when you spend a decent amount of money. I'd never order a single >> chain on the internet. You might as well pay retail at the LBS if you are >> only going to buy them one at a time. >> >> On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 6:49:01 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote: >>> >>> On 06/04/2014 07:26 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>> I have a stack of these: >>> >>> good cheap 8 speed chain >>> <http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/us/en/sram-pc850-8-speed-chain/rp-prod21295?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_name=UnitedStates&gclid=CjkKEQjwh7ucBRD9yY_fyZe398gBEiQAAoy4JIuWrqRbWNkYvm4u9MEC0-Vxh0WHFg965NxndChZtKPw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds> >>> >>> and a stack of these: >>> >>> good cheap 9 speed chain >>> <http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/us/en/sram-pc971-9-speed-chain/rp-prod9873> >>> >>> >>> $25 ea when you figure in the shipping; admittedly, < $30 but a long way >>> from $13, too >>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
