STUBBORN
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At first I thought, “Is this honestly a seventeen-and-a-half-minute video on cleaning a chain!?” Started watching and at the end happily subscribed. No wasted time here. Lemmy knows his stuff and explains things thoroughly, and clearly.
Cleaning
I did not know about kerosene. No recommendations about this or that expensove cleaner.
Cardboard.
Cardboard is your friend when cleaning and lubing chains.
Place a piece under the low point of the chain where all the gunk is dripping off onto your lift / garage / driveway.
Cut out another piece and place it in front of your rear tire, and spray the cleaner and lube in that direction so you're not shooting it onto your rear wheel, and again keeping it from the ground.
Make a spray shield out of cardboard or paper to keep oil and over spray off of the wheel and tire.
Lubing
You really don't want to grease up your tire. When lubing the chain, I use a spent toilet roll (the inside part) cut it on one side with scissors, then wrap it around the chain. then spray the lube with the nozzle inside the roll which prevents a mess and some getting all over the bike or tire.
Cleaning
I did not know about kerosene. No recommendations about this or that expensove cleaner.
Cardboard.
Cardboard is your friend when cleaning and lubing chains.
Place a piece under the low point of the chain where all the gunk is dripping off onto your lift / garage / driveway.
Cut out another piece and place it in front of your rear tire, and spray the cleaner and lube in that direction so you're not shooting it onto your rear wheel, and again keeping it from the ground.
Make a spray shield out of cardboard or paper to keep oil and over spray off of the wheel and tire.
Lubing
You really don't want to grease up your tire. When lubing the chain, I use a spent toilet roll (the inside part) cut it on one side with scissors, then wrap it around the chain. then spray the lube with the nozzle inside the roll which prevents a mess and some getting all over the bike or tire.