Originally Posted by
Homebrew01
Get some sort of chain lube
I would like to add the very basic information that the lube is *not* needed for the chain-cog interaction, but to lubricate the inner roller/bush of the chain
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(I say this for sake of completeness, since you explained already the very basic of lube, one may wonder why you need to clean the chain)