Originally Posted by
TriBiker19
He said that if you clean a chain, it gets longer. Something about grease between the links keeping them at the correct distance and cleaning removing the grease. So if you degrease a chain, it will no longer fit to the cassette and crank and will actually wear out the gears quicker.
This is ridiculous. As a chain wears, the distance between the pins increases. Cleaning and relubricating can delay this process.