aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,524
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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It takes a lot of trouble to clean a chain by the methods above. And there's dirt and the trouble of disposing of the mess. I value my time, so if I can't clean my chain easily, I replace it. It might even be less strenuous on the environment for me to do this.
Chains are cheap. My time isn't.