Is there any point in cleaning and degreasing a chain on a Single Speed?
Just keep it lubed and that's it right?
Is there any point in cleaning [s]and degreasing a chain on[/s] a Single Speed?
Sorted that for you. At least thats why I built mine...
A chain is a chain.
If you don't clean it, it'll make horrible noises and then snap.
If you do clean it, it'll last a lot longer, have less drag, make less noise and then eventually snap 🙂
Haven't degreased any of my chains on the SS's or the geared bikes for years.They get a blast with the hose pipe occasionally(if I wash the bike) or the odd wipe with a rag & then a relube,but that's it......
In the winter i go for weeks and the only cleaning the ss gets is quick wire brush of the chain when the mud has dried and a quick squirt of lube.
Takes me 5 minutes (or less) to run it through a park tools chain cleaner, then slap on some Tf2 spray.
Hardly a hardship.
Degreaser + TF2.. 😯 I bet your chains last forever!
If the bike needs hosing and brushing, then the chain gets that too, otherwise I'll run it through a rag and use a special patented blend of used fork oil and shimano brake oil.. The geared bikes use Squirt, so I just swish the chain under hot water and chuck it on the radiator.