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apetaster · 05-02-2003, 02:33 PM

I always took the rear wheel off and used one of those Park 1/2 brush - 1/2 captain hook cog cleaner and would go at it with that. Then I would take the degreaser and take an old toothbrush to the chain and gears and brush each link clean, then rag it down. Never used wax before b/c I was alway in the wet stuff and the wax concept scared me.

I'm sure there's a guru out there with real instructions - the above used to work just fine for me back in the day (when a bike was more than something that hangs from the rafters in the basement.)

05-02-2003, 02:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
apetaster Insane Location: P.R. Mass.	I always took the rear wheel off and used one of those Park 1/2 brush - 1/2 captain hook cog cleaner and would go at it with that. Then I would take the degreaser and take an old toothbrush to the chain and gears and brush each link clean, then rag it down. Never used wax before b/c I was alway in the wet stuff and the wax concept scared me. I'm sure there's a guru out there with real instructions - the above used to work just fine for me back in the day (when a bike was more than something that hangs from the rafters in the basement.)