What have you done to your bike today?

Ryan.P said:
Pedals and headset also 🤘
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Snagged these last week...

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Ian F said:
Which ultrasonic cleaner do you have? It does seem like a great way to clean cassettes. I would not clean an old chain, though - just install a new one.
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I just have a cheapo one from harbor freight. 85 bucks without any coupons but you can always find a 20 percent off one online. I put the chain in By itself and ran it through 3 cycles . The water was absolutely gross and I emptied it between the second and third cycle but it got out all the gunk in the crevices and moves completely freely. That's the solution I use works great and won't harm the metal
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Over the Bars said:
I just have a cheapo one from harbor freight. 85 bucks without any coupons but you can always find a 20 percent off one online. I put the chain in By itself and ran it through 3 cycles . The water was absolutely gross and I emptied it between the second and third cycle but it got out all the gunk in the crevices and moves completely freely. That's the solution I use works great and won't harm the metal View attachment 151447View attachment 151448View attachment 151449
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Same here, but used diluted Pedro's Pig Juice because...it's not Simple Green, I guess? What dilution % did you use? I'm willing to give it a try since I have a jug of the same cleaner in the garage and plenty of spare chains...
 
serviceguy said:
Same here, but used diluted Pedro's Pig Juice because...it's not Simple Green, I guess? What dilution % did you use? I'm willing to give it a try since I have a jug of the same cleaner in the garage and plenty of spare chains...
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Well I would be lying if I gave you a correct % I just put a splash in And if after a cycle it's not doing a good enough job add allitle more. Ive done a whole bunch of stuff with it in the past and I still havent used much of the bottle. This is the second time I've ran that chain and cassette through it. The biggest section of the cassette doesn't fully submerge so you do have to turn it. As for the chain I wipe it with a paper towel between each cycle to get off some of the excess grime that the ultrasonic cleaner worked out of the crevices.
 
The concern about the chain is actually getting it too clean - to the point you remove all of the grease in the pivots and make it artificially worn. Maybe if you can give it a wax treatment to get lubricant deep into the chain pivots.

Either way, these pie-plate cassettes are so damn expensive these days that I would replace the chain at regular intervals in an attempt to extend the life of the cassette and not have it slowly wear into a wearing chain.
 
Over the Bars said:
Well I would be lying if I gave you a correct % I just put a splash in And if after a cycle it's not doing a good enough job add allitle more. Ive done a whole bunch of stuff with it in the past and I still havent used much of the bottle. This is the second time I've ran that chain and cassette through it. The biggest section of the cassette doesn't fully submerge so you do have to turn it. As for the chain I wipe it with a paper towel between each cycle to get off some of the excess grime that the ultrasonic cleaner worked out of the crevices.
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I did two chains (separately) and the amount of crap that came out was unbelievable. Still, after at least 3 cycles and wiping them after each cycle, I lay them on a strip of plastic with the side plates vertical and applied chain wax liberally (I had a free sample of that stuff), which brought out more crap. The chains do spin better than new though (or so I think).
 
I have been thinking of setting up an old electric clock motor with a sprocket so as to run a chain slowly through a kerosene bath for some hours... figure that the particulates would settle out.
 
Well, I got inspired again and did two more chains in the ultrasonic cleaner, then waxed them. No pictures because...they're chains. Used a Simple Green HD-ProMetal safe diluted 1:3...it stinks, and when heated it stinks even more! Then the wax...but I'm done for a few...years?!?!
 
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The perils of running Campy on road and gravel bikes... part 249.

Some years ago when Halter's was running a Black Friday special, I bought a Wahoo Kickr. I don't really remember how long ago it was... and as my habits can be, I never really got around to setting it up... when I bought it, I still had SRAM 11 spd on my GT Grade, which has since been replaced with Campy 10 spd. But knowing I'd run Campy, I bought a Wahoo Campy hub body. Tonight I tried to install it. And it doesn't fit. Apparently the hub body is for an older 14/16 Kickr and not the newer version I have. And then after a bit more digging, the later Campy hub body for my Kickr won't work with 10 spd Campy cassettes. So... the only option I have left is some obscure "conversion" cassette made by a company Ambrosio that is basically a Campy cassette that fits on a Shimano freehub body. Which are apparently no longer in production. So find one on eBay. For $249 (shipped). Yay...
 
I've read putting items to be cleaned in a glass jar or a zip lock bag with simple green in the jar/bag, allows you to keep the water clean. Plastic zip lock bags do dampen the frequency a little bit. Glass (pickle) jar is the way to go.

Think along the lines of a sous vide.

Its been on my list of things to add to the garage since I'm always working on stuff, just haven't gotten there yet.
 
ekuhn said:
I've read putting items to be cleaned in a glass jar or a zip lock bag with simple green in the jar/bag, allows you to keep the water clean. Plastic zip lock bags do dampen the frequency a little bit. Glass (pickle) jar is the way to go.

Think along the lines of a sous vide.

Its been on my list of things to add to the garage since I'm always working on stuff, just haven't gotten there yet.
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I've used a glass jar with mine and it works well, especially for smaller parts where you might not want to fill the entire thing with solvent.

I also have the HF one and I'm always tempted to buy one of the slightly larger/more commercial looking ones. I'd like something large enough to fit a cassette fully as well as allowing for a longer timer setting.
 
ebarker9 said:
I've used a glass jar with mine and it works well, especially for smaller parts where you might not want to fill the entire thing with solvent.

I also have the HF one and I'm always tempted to buy one of the slightly larger/more commercial looking ones. I'd like something large enough to fit a cassette fully as well as allowing for a longer timer setting.
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I did some research on that (1.5 minutes on google qualifies as such) and you can get a 10L unit for $125, the actual tank is 12"x9"...I think that is next in line, I hate scrubbing on those massive cassettes and especially putting them back together.
 
serviceguy said:
I did some research on that (1.5 minutes on google qualifies as such) and you can get a 10L unit for $125, the actual tank is 12"x9"...I think that is next in line, I hate scrubbing on those massive cassettes and especially putting them back together.
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Seems worth it. I know I've used the small one quite a bit for both bike stuff and other projects.
 
serviceguy said:
I did some research on that (1.5 minutes on google qualifies as such) and you can get a 10L unit for $125, the actual tank is 12"x9"...I think that is next in line, I hate scrubbing on those massive cassettes and especially putting them back together.
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I take the cassette off directly on to a long zip tie. Keeping the loop very loose and drop the whole thing into the ultrasound cleaner..... after a dunk n shake in mineral spirits that is. let’s me get everything clean w/out futzing with putting the pieces back together.
 
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