After shorting out the basement by driving a brake lever through an exposed wire on the dangling light, corners were seriously cut and a hack degreasing job was done with simple green and the old White Lightning wax slapped on as usual. Guess I should probably screw down the dangly lights before I get all ol' sparky on myself while wrestling bikes up & down the stairs.
Now that there are a few hundred miles on a new bike/new chain, I am faced with the eternal question as to what to do with the drivetrain. For years I've cleaned the crap out of new chains and then slathered on White Lightning after every ride and never cleaned them again until they croak. That generally works, though the waxy gunk in the derailleur and cogs gets a bit annoying.
I am toying with going back to Pedro's synthetic oil for this particular bike (wet weather ride), but the prospect of having to clean the chain every time I oil it kind of sucks. Anyone have any strong preferences for how to mollycoddle bike chains? Or tough love as the case may be (i.e. don't do anything to it and just buy a new one when it stretches and/or rusts).
