Fenwick's

British bike care, and the concentrate is the thing worth knowing about. Fenwick's sell their cleaner as a small bottle you dilute yourself rather than shipping you five litres of water in a plastic container, which works out cheaper per wash and takes up a great deal less room under the sink. The rest of the range is the unglamorous stuff that makes a drivetrain last.

Two chain lubes, the All Conditions and the Professional, plus a foaming chain cleaner and a drivetrain degreaser for when things have gone well past the point a rag will fix. Beyond that, assembly paste for carbon parts, copper anti seize for anything threaded into alloy, and grease.

The kits are the easiest place to start. Worth saying while we are here that washing up liquid is the usual culprit behind a tired bike. It carries salt and it strips grease out of bearings, which is a slow and expensive way to save a couple of pounds.

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