Quote Originally Posted by aicabsolut View Post
I suck at patching tubes. I can't get it to hold long enough. I just replace. But then, most of the problems I've had were major rips around the valve stem or a broken stem. Neither of those can be fixed with a patch kit. I've had good luck with a couple kinds of tires, Bontrager tubes, maintaining proper inflation, and watching out for big cuts in the tires.

If you deal with a lot of wet, I think Rockn'Roll makes a blue lube for more extreme conditions. You may want to try that. Or a very waxy lube, like White Lightning instead of the teflon stuff. You can find WL everywhere. It's not as cleaning as the RnR, though. When changing the types of lube, you'll want to start with a clean chain, so make your decision with your new chain I guess.

If you're just dealing with a lot of sand, a low pressure hose with a brush followed by good drying now and then (repeat as needed till a lot of the gunk is out) is probably all you need. Then wipe again, relube well. Keeps you from overstripping too often, which is probably not a problem in itself, but it may tend to make you err on the side of under-lubricating afterwards. You want to apply enough that you have to wipe off excess (and all the stuff it helps shed out of the chain).
Thanks, I think I might have to look into that (or maybe the Bioshield Knot mentioned)