Park ToolCG-2.4 - Chaingang Cleaning System,Blue

Anyone who likes to maintain their own bike absolutely needs one of these in their tool kit arsenal. Prior to using this chain cleaner, I was simply lubing my chain and wiping off any grime that had accumulated over time. Realizing that I couldn’t get my chain super clean this way, I remembered selling this cleaning kit when I worked at a bike shop way back in the day and thought I’d give it a try. I’m very impressed. Following the easy-to-use instructions, my chain was super clean within 10 minutes after use. I used this kit multiple times since my wife’s bike chain needed cleaning as well and it worked like a charm. It does take a lot of cleaning solution, however. The kit comes with a bottle of cleaning solution that should get you through 3-4 cleanings before having to purchase another bottle.Overall durability of the kit is great. It’s built well and very easy to install/uninstall. Just get ready to get a bit dirty. I wear protective gloves and my garage clothes when cleaning my bike so I’m not worries about ruining my clothes.For the value of being able to clean your own drivetrain, this kit is well worth the money. It’s takes very little time to use and even comes with a brush for cleaning your cassette (gears).Great product!

Prior to buying this product, I just occasionally used an aerosol can that was supposed to be a degreaser/lubricant combined. It, along with some rags, did a decent job on the chain, but I never had any tool to clean the sprocket. After reading the reviews on this product, I was impressed and decided to give it a try.Here are my impressions: The instructions were very easy to follow. I don't have a bike stand, so I leaned the handlebar of the bike up against a wall, inserted the chain into the device and moved the pedal backwards to degrease it. (I soon discovered that the bike wanted to move backwards, so I had someone help me hold the brake to prevent that movement. If I were doing it by myself, I would simply tie something around the brake control on the handlebar in order to keep it engaged.)Rather than using the supplied degreaser, I used Simple Green, which is much cheaper, and worked really well.The brush used to clean the sprockets got them cleaner than they have been in 10 years, but I did notice a few bristles from the brush got stuck in the chain. They were removed with a little effort.After degreasing everything, I emptied the contents of the plastic container, cleaned it out, and started to lubricate the chain. Overall, this method of cleaning/degreasing was not nearly as messy as my old method. That came as a total surprise to me, as I was expecting somewhat of a mess.After finishing everything, I took the bike for a test ride. I started hearing a strange noise coming from the rear wheel, but I had a hard time isolating it. After some time, I found out that problem was the Simple Green had removed the lubricant from the wheel bearings. After I re-lubed that, there was no sound at all, and everything ran smoothly.

I bought this for my road bike to clean the chain and gears after 3 years of use. Here's my review.The pro's:- My chain and gears are much cleaner than before. Yay it works!- The liquid degreaser is excellent, works really well.- The tool works but see caveats below.- The supplied brush works pretty well for the gears/cassette.The caveats:- I think this was said in other reviews but if you are going to use the tool YOU NEED either: a bike stand (I used the Bikehand Bike Repair Stand), a place to hang your bike or another person to help you do the cleaning. Basically a way to pedal the bicycle forward, lift the bike so the wheel isn't on the ground and hold the cleaning tool. If you have 3 hands I guess that works too. I think a few of the bad reviews are due to this.- Have rags and towels handy because it can get messy. Since I had 3 years of grime on my chain it immediately turned the degreaser black. Initially my bike wasn't level so the black degreaser was spilling out of the tool and onto my floor. Once I got that resolved while turning my pedals the degreaser would flick out of the front/back of the tool, depending on if I was pedaling forward or backwards. So I had to place towels below the bike. Not the end of the world but something I wish I knew beforehand.- All of the black greasy mess that was on your bike chain is now at the bottom of the tool and needs to be cleaned. With that said taking the tool apart wasn't too bad.Overall it's a good tool, works well as long as you keep the caveats mentioned above in mind.

Excellent bike chain cleaner. Bike rode appreciably smoother.

I don't have s bike stand so I typically just flip the bike to clean it. Got caught in the rain today so really wanted to clean and lube. Flipped it, snapped the thing on ran it thru with the solution and Dawn with some warm water and it got sparkling clean!! Wiped the chain down, cleaned rest of the bike, lubed it up and it's sounding better than ever on the sprockets! People talk about the expense if the fluid they say right on their directions you can use dish soap and water so I used the solution and a bit of Dawn and hot water for extra clean.

This makes cleaning the chain much easier however I don’t think the degreasing fluid is worth it. The bottle is empty after cleaning three chains. Using a good quality dish soap also works well at degreasing. It takes some time to get use to positioning the cleaner on the chain so you don’t pull the chain off the ring. With a little use this is overcome quickly. If you clean your chain often this definitely makes it easier.

A very clever and handy kit that cleaned up my grungy bike chain very well.