{"id":597,"date":"2011-05-12T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2011\/05\/12\/my-drive-train-is-supposed-to-be-silver\/"},"modified":"2011-05-12T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T15:00:00","slug":"my-drive-train-is-supposed-to-be-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2011\/05\/12\/my-drive-train-is-supposed-to-be-silver\/","title":{"rendered":"My drive train is supposed to be silver?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not black? Oops.<\/p>\n

I will be the first to admit I am not very good when it comes to chain maintenance. Although I know better, often I forget to wipe down my chain after a rainy ride (which is about 90% of my rides), worse yet, I am really bad at lubing my chain. Let this be a lesson to you: remember to take care of your bike, your bike is good to you, it carries you mile upon mile across town or across the country.<\/p>\n

These may be incriminating photos on my part, perhaps when I’m up for reelection on the BAW board<\/a> these will surface, “But how can she possibly be on the board? She doesn’t even take care of her chain?” I’m willing to take that risk, and first, admit I have a problem, then try to change it.<\/p>\n

Here are two \"\"<\/a> before pictures:\"\"<\/a>
<\/a>
<\/a>Yes, very black with ‘street muck’ as I like to call it. Gross really. And is that hair in the derailleur? Oh boy….<\/p>\n

I don’t own a bike stand, so to clean my bike I simply flip it over like so:\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This makes for relatively easy access to the drive train. As you can see I took both the wheels off as well. Armed with some
Simple Green<\/a>, an old toothbrush, a rag and some chain lube
I cleaned it up! The Simple Green and some elbow grease works
great, in fact, that is what my local bike shop recommended
I use to clean my drive train years ago.<\/p>\n

After about an hour or so of cleaning and scrubbing my drive train was back to a nice silver color.
\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>
Like I said before, I know better.
I know that if I don’t clean and
maintain my chain it can lead to
more problems, like having to
replace the cassette. I can already see that some of the cogs are
misshapen.<\/p>\n

Take my advice, a little care in the short term can save you a lot of time and money in the long term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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