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Appreciation post: A kid at the co-op showed me something about chain cleaning

I was helping out at the community bike co-op in Denver last Saturday and this 14 year old kept wiping his chain with a rag soaked in simple green instead of spraying it on. He said spraying just pushes grease into the cassette and you never get it all out. I had been doing it the other way for 15 years and now I'm wondering if I've been making more work for myself the whole time. Anyone else ever get schooled by a younger mechanic on basic stuff?
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beth_stone
beth_stone6d agoMost Upvoted
Simple green on a rag works way better.
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elliotw37
elliotw376d ago
That YouTube guy who cleans chains with a leaf blower probably learned this at 14 too lol.
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