Homemade bicycle degreaser liquids - Bicycles Stack Exchange
My bike chain gets really dirty since I commute to work every day - the bio-degradable tosh they sell in the store doesn't work and my neighbour introduced me to the effectiveness of diesel. …
maintenance - Dish soap or WD-40? - Bicycles Stack Exchange
2019年12月9日 · WD40 is a degreaser and a very light lubricant which will dry quickly. If sprayed onto a chain dirt and grime will be flushed out of the chain. When cleaning a chain with WD40 …
Alternative Chain/DriveTrain DeGreasers - Bicycles Stack Exchange
I would recommend avoiding "do all" cleaner/degreasers that claim to wash your dishes and do your laundry as well. Stick to a "parts degreaser" or something of that ilk. And, of course, …
maintenance - Cheap, effective degreaser recommendations?
In an answer to a similar question industrial degreaser is explained. Moreover, a recipe for home made industrial degreaser may be found there as well. In a nutshell it is a combination of an …
What to use to clean your chain (and cogs)? - Bicycles Stack …
Once off the bike I put the chain in a plastic bottle with a little degreaser (I use white spirits, which is quite nasty but reusable -- just pour it back into a bottle and the dirt settles to the bottom) …
maintenance - Is white spirit a too aggressive degreaser? - Bicycles ...
2017年11月30日 · Take an old bike bottle, fill it halfway, take off your chain, soak the chain and shake the bottle. Just wash away the remaining white spirit on the chain, or use paper and …
chain - Can degreaser harm bike? - Bicycles Stack Exchange
2022年7月27日 · The worst case result is a broken chain. Simple Green's standard formulation is one example. If using that or a similar formulation, you could just not soak your chain in it for …
Where do you discard chain cleaning solvents/degreasers?
2021年4月24日 · After reading comments that chain cleaning solvents could have substances of questionable health effects, and despite the benefits of bike chain-specific cleaning liquids, I'm …
Cleaning and lubing bicycle chain with diesel
2018年10月28日 · Diesel will act as a degreaser which will clean the chain, but this is against most chain manufacturer's recommendations to begin with (which I've outlined here). I'd …
maintenance - Use non bike specific degreaser, is it safe? - Bicycles ...
2021年12月20日 · "bike specific degrease" -> "Buy many large drums of bog-standard degreaser for $0.10/liter, put into many 100 ml bottles, label bottles with the word bicycle, charge …