How to Clean a Bicycle Chain, Short Version

This is the first part of a two-part video on three different ways to clean a bicycle chain. It uses degreasers, lubricants, and chain cleaning products produced by Finish Line Technologies, Inc., but focuses on the bike and how to clean it more than it does on the products. The beginning of this video also contains general information about chains, how they're made, how they wear, and what happens when they do, before going into the first of three chain cleaning techniques. For more bike maintenance and repair tips, go to www.finishlineusa.com and www.maintainthatride.blogspot.com. A version of this video with a printable guide can be found at www.howcast.com/users/caeasura.

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[ZeppelinFan70]

that's one dirty ass bike!!!

[gearheadred]

I need to get that Grunge brush.

[boomy818]

i need to keep changing rags to use clean spots lol i have 5 dirty rags

[davelee88]

Haha @tehsimo comment! Anyone tried an electric tooth brush with Colgate....works wonders!!

[MrGizmo757]

or you can just spray it all over with carb cleaner or Brake clean, and then hit it with some wd-40 and be done with it.

[tehsimo]

meanwhile the frame looks like shit

[MrSourCrowd]

I use an old teethbrush and an oily cloth...no additional cleaning substances, the build-in-lubrication of the chain may lost otherwise. Works well, I´m going about 8000km every year by bike!

[ghandee]

Nothing beats benzine/gasoline when it comes to cleaning

[aussiek08]

Does it work with dirt bikes

[irvinloki]

Thanks

[excalebuir]

to much time consuming and not good at all i just remove one link from the chain and remove it and dip it in a bowl full of gas(petrolium or gasoline) for 10 min brush it while still in there and it gives a much better finish

[mrbmxgod1]

haha he said lube