How To Install And Maintain Your Bike's Chain | GCN Tech Crash Course Ep.3
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2024
- The chain is one of the most important components on your bike, and knowing how to look after it is valuable information for any budding home mechanic! In this episode of GCN Tech Crash Course, Alex teaches you how to correctly install and maintain your bicycle chain so you can keep the whole drivetrain running smoothly!
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Do you regularly maintain your chain? What tips do you have? Let us know 👇
Great video 👍🏻After washing your chain..how dry should it be before adding lube? Should it be bone dry?
#askgcntech
Hey I use chainsaw lube, I used it before a race just over a year ago and have used it since mostly because it’s more affordable. But I have a friend who says it is killing my chain what do you think???
Just bought a new chain, spent ages getting it REALLY clean, along with the casette and chainrings, before fitting it. Have been using Squirt wax since and really impressed. Quieter and sooo much easier to maintain.
Never wash it in water, I use white spirit which I keep reusing.
Lub by dipping in molten paraffin wax, old candle wax.
lets start with the cassette. clean the cassette in your sink with dishsoap and washing soda and a toothbrush. if your chain is very dirty then do this to it too. after it dries put it back together. use wd-40 now to clean the rollers even more. wipe off excess, repeat if needed.
you now have a great chain that will shift great. for more acustic dampening use silicone.
Alex digging the teacher’s role “If you could all turn to page number xx of your maintenance book!” Priceless! Nice job Alex! Really enjoying this crash course, they make Mondays better! 👍
🤦♂️ This video is aimed towards complete maintenance-beginners, so you NEED to show actual process of sizing the chain as live footage, instead of only verbally going through it. Sizing the chain is most important part for ppl who are learning about it, you need to show it properly and in detail. Also quick-link is not only option out there, so in this kind of video you NEED to cover “push pin” method. Especially if huge amount of ppl will get shimano chain and that is not coming with quick-link as default. Great idea to make video about basics, but very poor actual execution.
I'd argue this video is also to push sales of the maintenance book.
Doc Ollie's way of measuring a chain is in a GCN video on here somewhere, and was a lifesaver for me, about a year ago.
But, I agree with you. If they are going to keep (re)making these videos, they should be more inclusive on/ of the material.
For anyone wanting to lube your chain it's actually better to cross chain big and big. Because it will open up the chain and help you get lube in between the plates and rollers vs just applying it to the rollers and it failing to get in between the links.
These maintenance videos are great examples of micro-learning. (The instructional designer in me approves!)
Lube the chain James May style: "Flood the cowling, plenty of it"
I'm a big fan of the Wipperman Connex quicklinks. Reuseable with no tools necessary. They are a joy to use, whether for emergency repairs on the road when you need to remove the chain, or for ease of removing the chain for thorough and low-mess cleaning of the chain.
These are really easy to use and I like them too, but very expensive.
I just use the KMC ones and never had any issues, way cheaper too
@@unkebunktebusal9023 True! I don't buy them separately because of that. I buy their chain and it comes with their quicklink. A great chain to go with a great quicklink. So easy to take off, clean and lube, and then reattach to bike...over and over and over with no worries about the quicklink failing.
@@MrLuigi-oi7gm I've heard them conning undone in some cases just destroying the bike. I just keep one for an emergency situation but other than that I run sram quick links.
@@jaspreetsidhu5708 Hi Jaspreet! I have ridden chains with Wipperman Connex quicklinks for tens of thousands of kilometers. No problems. HOWEVER, you bring up a very good point. I can't be sure what caused the failures you have read about, but the Wipperman quicklink MUST be installed correctly if it is to work as designed. If it is installed backwards/upside down it will not work as designed and could come undone...especially on rough, bumpy terrain when substantial force is applied to the pedals. The world is full of all kinds of people, some of whom don't read directions! Those people can create havoc with the reputation of a product.
If a chain got too short you can make it longer again by adding a second quick link plus the left overs from the piece taken out.
Thanks Alex - for those who need it great. For me, you completely convinced me of the importance of my LBS. A bit like a car. I can do the basics (degrease, lube) and then take it in for a service!
That little tab on the rear derailleur cage... I've been changing chains for nearly 10 years and I forget about it every bloody time!
Lovely coating of degreaser all over the rotor at 4:22. What happened to the shower caps? :D
More Muc-off disc protectors on this channel!
Love this video 😊
great information many thanks
really enjoyed it
Very helpful
Cheers to this series. Great help, and I’m relearning everything that I forgot about basic aspects of cycle maintenance.
Pickup a Connex Link to easily remove chain without tools. Clean it and Wax, per Oz Cycles, then just re-wax every 300 miles or so, depending on environment. It takes me about 10 minutes of effort to rinse and re-wax chain. After the first clean, no additional chemicals are needed. I use a dedicated $10 small crock pot from target for the wax. Easy.
Yes, there are a myriad number of chain lubes. But only Tri-Flow smells like bananas when freshly applied.
When you said: Srimano :) I loved that
Alternatively, size the chain with using the smallest chainring + 2nd smallest cog. Make sure chain (just) clears the derailleur as it takes up the slack. Oil/wax the rollers, wipe off the excess on the outer links, otherwise you will have an oily mess as per bike in the video. You will need a chain rivet extractor, but not a magic link tool to add it to your toolbox - unless you are sponsored by Park Tool
I suppose we’ve all got the money for a complete Park Tool board, which I’m pretty sure we’d just admire rather than using…
Could you show us the relevant sizes how using a digital caliper (vernier) to measure the chain, a tool with multiple uses as opposed to a chain wear tool!!
Chapters needed for this one.
How do you find those Dura Ace wheels, a little heavy?
After cleaning our chains and bikes. We also use the power garden blower to dry out the bike and components. Leave in the sun and dry and heat up the chain ready for the lubricants
0:43 is there a typo in the book? "How to to replace? Shouldnt it be how to: to replace your chain
Good spot!
Perhaps the instructions are about how ToTo the dog from Wizard of Oz replaced the chain for you? XD
I bought the Muc-Off lubes (wet and dry) because I was fairly happy with their cleaning products. Unfortunately my experience with them were quite bad and even though I cleaned and reapplied the lubes after basically every 50-100km ride I still had issues with it attracting dirt while sometimes even it sounded as if it was running dry. I always felt like I made a mistake until I found the channel Zero Friction Cycling which does independent testing and they found the same effects in controlled testing compared to almost all other tested brands. Given how insincere Muc-Off responded to these findings I have to say that it no longer is a company I am happy to recommend to others :/
*Quality*
Minute 6:15 : Is the chain measuring method applicable if you are using an oversize pulley?
#askGCNTech hello Alex! some chain quick/power links are single use, any downsides if we reuse them anyways?
#AskGCNtech Hi, I recently changed my chain, since then I sometimes shoot through when I push more force on my pedals. What can I do to stop this happening? (It is the correct chain)
Also replace the cassette. It's the cogs that can't hold the chain on properly so it slips.
Cant believe you printed a book! :)
How often should you clean/lube your chain? Any recommendations when it’s not dirty from unnatural riding?
Hi. May i ask if you can adjust the chain of a Japanese bike? or it is just fixed?
Very helpful :-)
Where is that book available?
"Shimano and Campagnolo aren't interchangeble" my friens rides Chorus with Ultegra chain, no prob.
I really wanted to hear the pbs crash course theme music here xD
First.
When buying a new bike buy a new chain at the same time. Take the original chain off the bike, cut new chain to same length, put original chain in a box labelled 'original', . This way you will have a measuring guide to cut any new chains too. Also make the quick link a different colour to the chain, this makes it easier to find and gives you a chain oil start and finish guide.
How to get the book
The easiest, cheapest, and cleanest way to look after your chain, is to wax it. Loads of videos on here about it. Once you do it, there is no going back. It's a revelation.
I waxed my chains for 20 yrs, then discovered Rock-n-Roll Blue cleaner/lubes. My chains don't stay as clean, but chain life is more than 5x better. I used to average about 2000 miles/chain, but my current chain has 11000 miles on it and still no measurable wear.
@@jefferycampbell2243 How long have you worked for Rock n Roll lubes.?
@@andysatch9150 how long have you worked in the chain wax industry?
@Andy Satch
I agree! I also wax all my chains for a long time now. Almost no wear and super clean. But you also have to be honest and say that it takes more time and work. And you have to dry the chain well once it has become wet. Otherwise you get flash rust.
I waxed my chain, it's bette than lube...
Question... What is the best quicklink brand / type for Campagnolo Super Record Chain 12speed?
Thank you!
#AskGCNtech I'm running 700 X 25 tires on my road bike and have a bunch of 700 X 23-25 spare tubes. Can I use these tubes if I upgrade to 700 X 28 tires? Thanks.
I think it would be fine 🤔 they're pretty forgiving. Though perhaps you can find your flavour in 25 - 28 to replace them with if and when the time comes. 🙃
I use 28s and have never bought tubes that are any wider than what I used in my 25s. I did go a bit bigger for my gravel tires.
absolutely. I've been running 25mm tubes in my 28mm GP5000 tires for 1500km now no probs at all. the Conti specific ones for 28mm tires are surprisingly heavy given they call them race tires. talking butyl tubes
4:22 visible contamination to rotor.
Someone is far too excited to add another tool to his collection. Lol.
'You can't make your chain any longer, once you've got it short'.....
Yes you can, add another quick link and a piece of spare chain.
Talked too fast at times and at times should have showed the video to back the explanation. Remember people are trying to pick this up and process the info, so talking too fast is just counterproductive.
Thanks for the feedback, we'll take this onboard for future tutorials
If you're running 1x, these directions will make your chain too short.
: )
"How to to replace your chain" Oops, bit of an error there!
Incorrect that you can't make your chain longer.
Your comment about chain compatibility between brands is nonsense.
First.