How To Clean and Lube a Bicycle Chain with a Park Tool Chain Cleaner
Why Bicycles Stack Exchange recommends it
Bicycles Stack Exchange users link it when recommending an on-bike chain cleaner device as a simple, quick way to clean a drivetrain.
Recommended by 2 people across 3 different months, 2019 to 2024.
What it is
A short Park Tool shop video showing how to clean and lubricate a bicycle chain using a clip-on chain scrubber. It covers the tools needed, solvent cleaning, a soapy water rinse, and applying chain lube.
What people said
Recommends Daniel R Hicks · 2019-12 · Bicycles Stack Exchange · on “Dish soap or WD-40?”
The best solution is a chain washer [this video] (with accompanying washer fluid). Most bicycle shops carry them.
Recommends hlovdal · 2022-11 · Bicycles Stack Exchange · on “What to throw money at when trying to level up your biking from an older, generic bicycle?”
@Vilx- For cleaning the chain I highly recommend using a chain cleaner device [this video] . It is a real game changer.
Recommends hlovdal · 2024-06 · Bicycles Stack Exchange · on “Cleaning chain a few links at a time”
You should use a clip-on chain cleaner [this video] . Super simple to use and you are done in a couple of minutes.
Cites Weiwen Ng · 2022-04 · Bicycles Stack Exchange · on “How To Maintain a Electric Bicycle?”
A lot of the maintenance items on any e-bike are identical to a non-motor assisted bike. At home, I'd recommend wiping your chain with a rag after every ride, and relubricating it weekly. An on-bike chain cleaner like this one [this video] (NB: link is to Park Tools, but other companies make these) is worth considering and relatively convenient. You could clean your chain with this maybe monthly, maybe less, but more is better (albeit not every day). Most bike lubricants will do. Some companies are making e-bike-specific lubricant. To my highly limited knowledge, these may be unnecessary, but a properly designed e-bike lubricant may use a different oil composition than a general purpose bike lubr