cleaning disc brakes and chains

[joshuacrane]

will parrifin do or white spirit for cleaning the discs???

[carlmalibu]

for chains....
big long article on here somewhere

basically, toothbrush, copious amounts of wd-40, about 30 mins to spare.
Do back sprocket too and if you want to be proper about it take front sprocket cover off and do that.

Make sure to do visible bit of sprocket, then length of chain, then sprocket, then chain, etc. or you'll just be making your clean bits dirty again
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[Jack_Cheese]

Use disk brake cleaner, or alcohol of some variety.
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[Dazbo666]

EDIT : for chains... I've used a combination of WD40, Gunk Degreaser and/or Motul Chain Cleaner in the past (one at a time to compare the results). And IMO the specialist degreasers did a much quicker and more effective job than the WD40...
but then I'm lazy when it comes to cleaning the bike cos I'd rather be out riding
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[Walloper]

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[MarkJ]

[Dazbo666]

In the absence of dedicated degreaser, I sometimes use WD40 etc for cleaning the chain (and sprockets etc)

Apologies if there's any misunderstanding
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Diesel on the chain for me.

and I don't clean my disks.
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[craigs23]

This old chestnut of a thread.

Cleaning?

What's that gotta do with biking?

[kawakid]

Get yourself a cheap electric toothbrush from a pound shop.
& use it with paraffin on your chain.
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