I watched the Youtube videos (thank goodness for Youtube and for Team Estrogen to let me know that I should thoroughly clean my road bike every 300 miles). I wiped down the bike and the wheels. I cleaned off the disgusting grease clinging to the jockey wheels, the Crankset, and the cassette, and the bike chain. I didn't even realize that my chain is supposed to be dark silver and not black . I did my best to clean the front and rear derailleurs. I lubed the bike chain after everything was dry.

My question is....do you all lube your derailleurs, shifters, cables. I watched the Youtube videos where they said to lube the pivots. There seemed to be a lot of pivots. Should I just spray lube all over the front and the rear derailleurs and hope that I lubed the right parts? Same question with the shifters and the cables. Or, should I just bring my bike in for a total drive train cleaning and lubing once a year instead of fussing with not knowing where/how to lube.

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2012 Specialized Amira Elite, upgraded carbon handle bars, Jett saddle 143mm switched to 145mm 2012 Selle Italia Max SLR Gel Flow saddle

2011 Specialized Ariel Sport,suspension post,Serfas Rx Women's Microfiber saddle