Quote Originally Posted by DebW View Post
My new bike has a Shimano 9-speed chain. Despite the fact that I've been drilling chain rivets for 30 years on 5-, 6-, and 8-speed chains, I was told to clean this chain on the bike and avoid breaking it. I asked for a bag of new chain pins, and he refused to give me more than 2 so I wouldn't be tempted to break the chain when it wasn't absolutely necessary.
I'd much rather clean my chain by soaking it in orange stuff.

SRAM chains with a power link are my friend.

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