Yes. When I use the parks chain cleaner that I have I always use mineral spirits. That's what works best. Mineral spirits will evaporate off of the chain, whereas all other cleaners need to be washed off, otherwise they will be removing the new lube too. So how do you wash a chain in soap and water if its on the bike? Secondly the mineral spirits simply out performs other cleaning agents, which are fine for all the other jobs on the bike but less than great on this, the dirtiest part. After using the spirits I pour it off into a container and cover it tightly. The grit sinks to the bottom and I can reuse the spirits many times.
michael On Oct 22, 12:05 pm, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > The care package from Nashbar came in yesterday and last night after work I > got > to work on some bike projects. After trying to convince myself that I liked > an > Ultegra 53/39 double on the Ram, I put the original RBW issue BB and Sugino > triple (along with the 105 triple der) back on the bike. I had mis laid the > crank bolts and ended up having to buy replacements. So now the lost one s > will > surely appear, right? While the Sugino was off the bike, I replaced the ring > bolts with non rusting (and LIGHTER!) alloy units, and swapped out the stock > 48 > for a (heavier, ugh) 50 outer ring. I'll ride this weekend and decide if I can > tell a difference and whether I like it. I'm pretty sure I'll look to re-home > the Ultegra set though, regardless. I have a V-O BB on the shelf, but the > original Shimano unit spun more smoothly in hand, so it went back in. > > I also stripped the racks and fenders off the Saluki for the 1st time since > I've > owned the bike. Two years of Alabama summer swelter have drenched the honjos > in > salty sweat and they need serious cleaning, which is a lot easier to > accomplish > when they are off the bike. As it happens, I really like the stripped down > look > of the bike. With the Paul Neo-Retro brakes and GB Ourson tires, it has quite > the fire road, almost CX manner to it. I can't wait to go find some > adventurous > dirt trail to check it out in. > > I have a chain cleaner gizmo that has never seen use, and a can of mineral > spirits that my wife bought for a project, but which has also never seen use. > Anyone ever use the one in the other to clean chains? From what I read online, > it should be workable. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
