Picked up “Gear Hugger ECO Heavy Duty Degreaser” at Target. It did a decent job, but the chain wasn’t that dirty, and it took a couple of applications. They’re carried in a lot of places like Walmart and Home Depot. They claim it’s all plant-based. You want to make sure you lay down a lot of newspaper or a tarp. Makes quite a mess.
If the chain is really dirty, you’ll want to take it off and soak it in a cleaning agent for a while to get into all the nooks and crannies. Also, the gear cassette and derailleur may be dirty too, but taking those off will not be as easy.
FWIW, the same brand also sells Dry Bike Lubricant.
No relation to them. Just found them after looking for something non-petroleum based.
Sounds great! My bike might be a bit easier, it’s a single speed with a chain tensioner. They’re dirty, but not so dirty that I think I’ll need to take apart the whole thing. I can hit the gear and tensioner gears with a stiff brush and get any large debris off them. It’s mainly that my brush can’t get between the linkages in the chain, which is wear some dust/oil balls are building up.
Picked up “Gear Hugger ECO Heavy Duty Degreaser” at Target. It did a decent job, but the chain wasn’t that dirty, and it took a couple of applications. They’re carried in a lot of places like Walmart and Home Depot. They claim it’s all plant-based. You want to make sure you lay down a lot of newspaper or a tarp. Makes quite a mess.
If the chain is really dirty, you’ll want to take it off and soak it in a cleaning agent for a while to get into all the nooks and crannies. Also, the gear cassette and derailleur may be dirty too, but taking those off will not be as easy.
FWIW, the same brand also sells Dry Bike Lubricant.
No relation to them. Just found them after looking for something non-petroleum based.
Sounds great! My bike might be a bit easier, it’s a single speed with a chain tensioner. They’re dirty, but not so dirty that I think I’ll need to take apart the whole thing. I can hit the gear and tensioner gears with a stiff brush and get any large debris off them. It’s mainly that my brush can’t get between the linkages in the chain, which is wear some dust/oil balls are building up.