And yes, that year-old chain is stretched to hell and actively destroying my brand new cassette. Don’t shame me for it - look how shiny it is!
And yes, that year-old chain is stretched to hell and actively destroying my brand new cassette. Don’t shame me for it - look how shiny it is!
Because that gets lube everywhere. You only want lube on the internal pins of the chain. If you just dump it on, you end up wiping off what you just put on. If you don’t clean it up correctly you pick up a ton a dirt that just makes things worse.
I find it makes absolutely no difference whether you go link by link or just douse the entire chain. It’ll attract dirt just as much either way.
I consider this one of those biking trends everyone follows because they’ve seen others do it, but nobody ever questions what the point even is. Like aligning your valve stem with the branding on the tire - don’t be ridiculous.