Chain Grease on My Right Leg

[kajero]

When I ride my Specialized Ruby Elite WSD size 44 cm I never wind up with chain grease on my right leg.

When I ride my hybrid Trek FX7.6 WSD size small, I always wind up covered with grease on my right leg. I have to really scrub to get it off. I have a much harder time getting off and on the hybrid.

Can someone tell my what I doing to make this happen all the time?

I don't want to wear longer bike pants/pants to avoid this.

Thanks

[Irulan]

Dawn and a scrubbee

[thekarens]

Doesn't seem to matter which of my 3 bikes I ride, somehow I always end up with grease on my leg. Once I had a beautiful imprint of the chain ring and I never had a clue how I had managed that.

I know there are others out there that don't have this problem though :-)

[OakLeaf]

What are you doing when it happens? stopped with your right foot down? try leaning the bike more to the right?

[Skippyak]

I assumed that was normal, in fact, if my leg is ever really clean of grease I know I haven't been riding enough.

[withm]

Chain ring grease is easier to wash off from your leg than it is from your clothes.

[TigerMom]

Chain ring grease is easier to wash off from your leg than it is from your clothes.

I totally agree with the above.

I use Simple Green and a rough cloth to wipe off the grease.

Team Estrogen Members: Let me know what is safe to use on clothes. I don't know if I am supposed to be using the Simple Green on my clothes or not also?

[thekarens]

Eh, just be glad they're not scars. I've got 35 year old chainring gouges that don't wash off.

Funny you should say that. I got my first one at Hotter N Hell 100 in August. Gouged my shin good.

[Melalvai]

Baby oil! No scrubbing needed. It just wipes right off.

[lgibster]

When I ride my Specialized Ruby Elite WSD size 44 cm I never wind up with chain grease on my right leg.

When I ride my hybrid Trek FX7.6 WSD size small, I always wind up covered with grease on my right leg. I have to really scrub to get it off. I have a much harder time getting off and on the hybrid.

Can someone tell my what I doing to make this happen all the time?

I don't want to wear longer bike pants/pants to avoid this.

Thanks

That is funny I only have grease on that leg when I ride my Specialized Ruby Elite (WXL) and never have that problem on my mountain bike go figure.

[marni]

of course another solution is to keep your chain obsessively clean but where's the fun in that? Consider them marks of honor and ride on.