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Agree. The extra time spent waxing is easily offset by frustration and cleaning issues with regular lube.
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If yer getting that much gunk on your pulleys, I think you are over lubing your chain. After above(lube chain night before the ride), I ride until sounds like a I have a bird in my back pocket-chirp-chirp of chain..then lube AFTER the ride, never just before the ride. I use WD-40 'dry' lube.. Quote:
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yea, kind of what i thought, no easy trick i'm missing.
that photo wasnt mine by the way, just a google photo. i dont think it's a chain lube issue either, in my case, this is pure road gunk from wet gritty roads. oh well, no big deal, off to scrape away
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1.) Never ride on rainy or wet days 2.) Never ride in gravel, dirt, muddy roads 3.) Always use dry lube on chain 4.) Wipe pulleys every time you re-apply dry lube to chain EaZy Peasy |
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Definitely +1 on the right lube and clean after each ride.
I have been using Squirt for a bit over a year. Much cleaner chain, cassettes, and pulleys. Seems also there is less measurable chain wear. Wipe the chain down backpedaling after a ride. Even the MTB pulleys don't get that old crud build-up. I hate to pull all the drivetrain bit as OP proposes (too many bikes in the rotation and I'm lazier than he is), so I have focused on what keeps it clean and in place on the bike. |
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This. Wipe and lube once a week.
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i'll add that it's worth doing just to see how simple those pulleys are. really nothing to em. you'll also get an idea of how much sand and grit can get under those bushing/bearing covers as well as how well the plastic teeth are holding up. i once discovered a crack radiating outward on a (very) old xt rd.
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i think i'm replacing mine.
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That's pretty gunked up, but still looks ok and just needs cleaning.
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That's disgusting.
How are you supposed to eat off of those things? |
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That will buff right out.
Also, you are supposed to clean those things?
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