I ride on dusty trails which means cleaning my chain once or twice a week for smooth shifting. I've had a Park CM-5 chain scrubber for a couple years and it seems to work fine. Problem is, mine just broke... the plastic that holds one of the clamps in place cracked and I can get the thing to stay shut anymore. Before I go buy another one, wanted to find out if there are others I ought to be looking at? I am not interested in one of those big, full-service parts washers, just a quick-and-easy portable chain-mount one. Any advice would be helpful.
Also, I will be making a trip up to northern MN in a couple weeks and thinking about getting one of those seatpost mount (via clamp) racks. I carry a few things that are too big for my seatpack and I prefer not to wear a backpack when riding. It'll mostly be country roads and dirt fireroads... not itense singletrack so I am not too worried about knocking it off. I'd estimate the total weight of stuff I would be carrying to be no more than a few pounds. Anybody had experience with the Performance Transit model (seatpost mount, quick release for FS mtb)?
Thanks... I always get great advice from people on this site.
Also, I will be making a trip up to northern MN in a couple weeks and thinking about getting one of those seatpost mount (via clamp) racks. I carry a few things that are too big for my seatpack and I prefer not to wear a backpack when riding. It'll mostly be country roads and dirt fireroads... not itense singletrack so I am not too worried about knocking it off. I'd estimate the total weight of stuff I would be carrying to be no more than a few pounds. Anybody had experience with the Performance Transit model (seatpost mount, quick release for FS mtb)?
Thanks... I always get great advice from people on this site.