Bill, The main problem people have with their chains is that they wear, and if you use them when too worn they ruin your chainrings and cogs. Sounds like you have had this problem. The chain doesn't need to be clean so much as it needs to be lubricated. It is also better if you don't wash grit from the surface of the chain into the rollers when you apply additional lubricant. Applying a penetrating agent like WD40 to a dirty chain without doing a complete soak and clean is liable to do just that. If you just leave the chain alone, you will probably get several hundred miles before you need to do anything with it. Telltale squeaking is the sign that a chain needs attention, not exterior dirt. A good chain lube will give hundreds of miles between applications. If you need to apply fresh lubricant before every ride to keep your chain quiet, the lube you are using is probably not well suited to the task.
On Sunday, June 29, 2014 8:11:47 AM UTC-7, William R. wrote: > > Garth: I really over paid at $14.95 a chain! I got three at that price. > Plan to change them out every 1000 miles. Now that I have the super-nice > Rene Herse crankset and also very nice SRAM 9-speed cassette. Not sure > which model but it has a solid red sleeve for the six largest cogs. Really > quiet and solid. I really want the teeth on these two items to last as long > as possible! What I have done for the longest time is use wd40 on my chain > before every ride. A good soaking and a good wipe. This has worked well. > Almost too well as my chains last so long without any big problems that I > haven't really paid attention to wear as much as I should. You should see > the teeth on my old Apex crank. The teeth are all worn down to points! > > Well, I rode the new chain 50+ miles this morning on only the factory > lube. I guess I will do the same for as long as I can take it. Then I will > go back to my tried and true wd40 method. > > -Bill > > -- 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.
