Chain cleaning
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Cleaning my chain, even with the Parktool chain cleaning system, always seems to me to be messier and more difficult than it should be. I’m trying to hold the bike upright without the kickstand, move the pedals backward, and hold the chain cleaning tool in place all at the same time.
I’m also making a big black puddle on the layers of newspaper underneath, somehow getting black gunk on my hands and under my fingernails, and trying to figure out how to get the gunk cleaned out between the gears with the brush. I don’t yet understand how the toothed end of the brush is supposed to be used.
After I do all that, I try to dry the chain as much as possible by running it through a few layers of a t-shirt rag several times, and then I apply a stream of Rock n’ Roll gold lube, and dry again as much as possible.
I’d like to keep my bike in good shape, but I always dread going though all this. Any suggestions for making this process easier and less messy would be appreciated. Gloves would obviously help. Is there any kind of small stand people use? A best way to clean between the rear gears? I read somewhere that any hosing should be done perpendicular to the bike. I don’t want to cause any damage to the cassette.
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