How to properly lube

1. Clean chain.

Before:










I didn't have any cleaner with me when I tried cleaning my chain for the 1st time. I attempted to spray the lube on the chain and use the lube as a cleaner. That didn't work to well. (See greasy rag mess above, and results of trying to clean lube with lube.) So I went out yesterday to get some bike cleaner and picked up a can of chain cleaner. The chain cleaner is sooo wonderful!

I sprayed it on and the greasy black lube-y mess just literaly melted off. I only had to do a few swipes with my cloth. It was a huge pain trying to clean the old lube off with nothing besides a plain old red auto rag.

After:


2. Re-lube chain.

Much easier to do once the chain starts out clean! You can see nifty lines on the asphalt where the lube dripped off the chain as I walked it back and forth while lubercating. Once this can runs out I will buy the chain wax and try that out.