About a month ago I fell in love with this sport and got a Polygon Siskiu DSE, and have essentially been riding it on and off every other day. I did a lot of reading into cleaning/maintenance and decided on a once a week cleaning/re-lube schedule. Which for me roughly equated that to roughly 3 rides (~1:30 long rides with roughly ~17-20km) before each clean/lube. I don’t think its that I don’t clean well its just that I didn’t clean/lube it after every ride… evidently…
When I was reading up on how-tos back then, it seemed that some people were cleaning after every ride, at least a quick clean which I think I might need to start doing to prevent this from happening again. I was wondering if I should just wipe it down with a cloth and relube? or just wipe it down? or degrease the whole chain after every ride? (I think ill just buy a new chain monthly than do this, heh). For context I live in a humid environment (SEA) and the trails here are fairly dust dry. Any help/tips appreciated, thanks!
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About a month ago I fell in love with this sport and got a Polygon Siskiu DSE, and have essentially been riding it on and off every other day. I did a lot of reading into cleaning/maintenance and decided on a once a week cleaning/re-lube schedule. Which for me roughly equated that to roughly 3 rides (~1:30 long rides with roughly ~17-20km) before each clean/lube. I don’t think its that I don’t clean well its just that I didn’t clean/lube it after every ride… evidently…
When I was reading up on how-tos back then, it seemed that some people were cleaning after every ride, at least a quick clean which I think I might need to start doing to prevent this from happening again. I was wondering if I should just wipe it down with a cloth and relube? or just wipe it down? or degrease the whole chain after every ride? (I think ill just buy a new chain monthly than do this, heh). For context I live in a humid environment (SEA) and the trails here are fairly dust dry. Any help/tips appreciated, thanks!