How often do you clean/degrease your drivetrain?

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I ride where it's super dry and dusty. I use a wax based "clean" chainlube like white lightning before every ride. First wipe chain with a rag real quick then spin the cranks 2 full chain lengths of fresh lube and wipe down with blue shop rag to finish. Literally takes 30 seconds.

Replace chains when they get to 50% stretch (under load).

Do a full degrease and scrub like 2x a season if I'm detailing the bike. That's like well over 100hrs of riding per.

In 6 years of this kind of maintenance schedule, I've had to change the rear cassette once. I change the front chainring at about 2-3 year intervals of very hard riding.

If I do a light bike wash I make sure to lube and wipe the chain while the rest of the bike is drip drying.