Bike Chain

[mikestrivens]

Every 300 miles .

 

So your saying well over 2000 miles might be pushing it?

 

the poor chain must be gasping for some lube.

[Six30]

Every 300 miles .

 

So your saying well over 2000 miles might be pushing it?

 

the poor chain must be gasping for some lube.

 

Yeh must be dry beyond belief .

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

Every 300 miles .

 

So your saying well over 2000 miles might be pushing it?

 

the poor chain must be gasping for some lube.

 

The lubes in the van and the poor little links will be quenched first thing tomorrow.

[mikestrivens]

watch this :

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[Slowlycatchymonkey]

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Very informative. Thankyou very much.

[bonio]

When I got my first bike, it was a couple of months before I even realised that the chain needed lube, poor thing. It survived though.

[geofferz]

I use wd40 and this chain cleaning brush https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/MTB-Bike-Bicycle-Motorcycle-Chain-Wheel-Cleaning-Brush-Wash-Cleaner-Tool-Kit-New/392064546294?epid=15020394108&hash=item5b48de35f6:g:pZcAAOSwWfdbIjQK

Then lube it. Paddock stand or center stand really helps.

Have we done this topic before? Or is it just déja vue? (classy 'é' )

I thought WD40 was a no-no for chains, an O ring killer. Or have I just been believing old wives' tales?

 

Nah its fine

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[bonio]

Nah its fine

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Well blow me down. Still learning stuff at my old age.

[mikestrivens]

no one is ever too old to learn new things.

[kingmunky]

Decent advice all round here, one thing I would say is don't lube the chain until you've dried it off thoroughly, either with a cloth or compressed air as you can speed up the corrosion process if you coat the chain in lube/wax etc while there's water still on it. Speaking from experience

[mikestrivens]

That's why it is always better to clean and lube the chain after a decent run to get it nice and warm, and once lubed leave it overnight to soak in.

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

Thanks everyone for the marvellous advice. Got paddock stand, chain cleaner, lube, and scrubby brush thing. You won’t be surprised to hear the chain was unhappily bone dry and had a plaque of dried black on the sprocket, another oops to add to a growing list of motorbike oops’!

[kingmunky]

I use wd40 and this chain cleaning brush https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/MTB-Bike-Bicycle-Motorcycle-Chain-Wheel-Cleaning-Brush-Wash-Cleaner-Tool-Kit-New/392064546294?epid=15020394108&hash=item5b48de35f6:g:pZcAAOSwWfdbIjQK

Then lube it. Paddock stand or center stand really helps.

Have we done this topic before? Or is it just déja vue? (classy 'é' )

I thought WD40 was a no-no for chains, an O ring killer. Or have I just been believing old wives' tales?

 

MCOnline tested this a while back and found no ill effects when using wd-40 https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/mc-garage-video-will-wd-40-destroy-your-motorcycle-chain-o-rings