How to Maintain Chain Bike #2 Maintain the Chain

The rider is recommended to check or to maintain regularly the chain after the certain usage, especially when after riding in the muddy track, dirty, or rainy. The maintenance is important to keep the chain clean and it will make the chain get longer time to use before it changed. This steps are about how to maintain chain bike after certain conditions of riding. First, the chain must be cleaned up after the riding in the muddy and dirty track or rainy. The mud or another grimes will give bad affect to the chain, it may the mud can penetrates into the sidelines of the chain which is make the shift of chain is not smooth. It can also produces the disturbing sound and if the condition is not resolved soon, the chain may be broken.

Second, clean the chain with the dry woof to remove the dirt before the whole clean up. If there are dust or dirt which is hard to remove, use soap which combined with the warm water to remove them. After all the grimes have been removed, dry the chain using the woof and let the chain for a while. To be noted, don't give the lubricants before the chain have cleaned from all grimes. The better condition to give lubricants for the chain is when the chain has been cleaned and dry. Use only warm water and soap, don't use detergent because it can remove the oil in the chain.

Before giving lubricants for the chain, make sure that the chain is in dry condition. Use special lubricants for chain, and choose which types of lubricants for your chain, because there are two kinds of lubricants, the wet and dry lubricants. Give lubricants appropriately, don't give the chain too much lubricants because it can make the dirt patch into the chain; the best part to give lubricants are in the sidelines of chain where the friction always happen between the chain and the crank or gear, not in the outside of the chain. To avoid too much lubricants, it can be cleaned with the woof to remove the lubricants in the outside.

One another important thing to be aware for the rider is better to avoid to use the combination of gear on the big and small gear positions to prevent the flexibility of the chain. The combination between crankset and sprocket in the different positions, like big position in the front and small position in the rear, will make the flexibility of chain increases if this condition is ignored. So, the better condition when the bike is not in use, it is better to shift the gear into the small position, both front and rear gear.