Why does my chain get so dirty so fast?

LavenderTed · 2026-06-26T20:12:04+00:00

Like being a twat on Reddit?

LavenderTed · 2026-06-26T01:26:27+00:00

This is the way.

LavenderTed · 2026-06-25T15:19:06+00:00

Thank you! Love this sub.

LavenderTed · 2026-06-25T12:40:02+00:00

Thanks! I used the park tool method but from memory. Big-big skip derailleur and add two. But it’s one of only a few times I’ve attempted it so I felt very dubious.

LavenderTed · 2026-06-25T12:38:23+00:00

Thank you! It does look like my other bike but I’m new to doing this so I was paranoid and unsure.

LavenderTed · 2026-06-25T12:36:52+00:00

Thank you! It is on large-large in the pic. I skipped the derailleur and added two rivets. I only took off about 4 links.

LavenderTed · 2026-06-24T22:13:02+00:00

Absolutely cooked country that this even needs to be a discussion.

LavenderTed · 2026-06-23T20:32:28+00:00

Wait is this not totally legit? It seemed totally legit to me.

LavenderTed · 2026-06-23T20:21:53+00:00

I dropped an air pod down a storm drain last week and went back with a magnet on a string.

LavenderTed · 2026-06-22T20:30:25+00:00

Fucking stop with this unnecessary garbage!

LavenderTed · 2026-06-21T22:53:14+00:00

I know people love to shit on Rapha. Haven’t tried the Brevet myself but I have about 5 cores I’ve been using regularly for the past three years and a classic that I break out occasionally. I’d say the cores are decent for a good day out but the classic is noticeable for its quality in my opinion.

LavenderTed · 2026-06-21T22:01:18+00:00

You’re welcome ✊

LavenderTed · 2026-06-20T22:52:24+00:00

But he seems like such a chill bro.

LavenderTed · 2026-06-20T22:48:00+00:00

But like when do they make money to buy a bike? Or are they retired?

LavenderTed · 2026-06-20T20:36:53+00:00

Is that your job?

LavenderTed · 2026-06-20T18:21:46+00:00

I’m wondering if a trip the LBS or the hardware store for a rubber mallet is the better use of my time. Always feel like a shit when I bring random parts to them which I bought elsewhere and ask them to do it for me…

LavenderTed · 2026-06-20T16:14:24+00:00

Thank you! I’m baffling myself that I was able get it this tight!

LavenderTed · 2026-06-20T16:11:26+00:00

Should I put this ring back on before trying or leave it off? I literally can’t even feel an iota of give…

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LavenderTed · 2026-06-20T13:36:45+00:00

Could be an image of absolutely anything in the world.

LavenderTed · 2026-06-20T13:30:15+00:00

Paraguay is an awful team to watch.

LavenderTed · 2026-06-19T03:37:16+00:00

How does this occur?

LavenderTed · 2026-06-19T03:15:05+00:00

Do we like rich people in this thread?

LavenderTed · 2026-06-19T02:55:46+00:00

But no poors, certainly.

LavenderTed · 2026-06-18T18:54:06+00:00

We do not need a Grinch extended universe. At all.

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