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review
2021 Morgan Blue Cassette Brush£8.95
VERDICT:
Effective at cleaning cassettes, but costly for a brush
Gets right between cogs
Easy to hold
Expensive
Weight:
85g
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The Morgan Blue Cassette Brush is an effective tool for getting the muck out of cassettes. Its long bristles can reach down into the depths between even the biggest cogs. It's rather expensive, though, for what is effectively just a tough plastic brush.
In the past I've tried the classic four-way claw brushes for cleaning cassettes, but find the long bristles a little too weak for getting in and shifting gummy dirt.
The advantage of Morgan Blue's cassette-specific brush is that it's really beefy. The surface area of the bristles is nice and big, and the bristles are not only quite stiff, they're long too.
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What this means is that when you use the brush to clean your cassette – along with your chain cleaner of choice – it really gets in to all the gaps and agitates the oily dirt. And because the bristles are stiff, you don't have to worry about the sharp teeth damaging it.
The only thing I would say is that ideally you need to compliment the Morgan Blue Cassette Brush with a smaller brush (a toothbrush, for instance) to get around the back of the cassette, for more detailed cleaning.
Value
At £8.95 this is a little on the pricey side for what is really just a common-or-garden stiff bristle brush. I've seen good quality brushes that look almost identical for about £5 online.
> How to clean your bike - from a quick lick to a full makeover
You could even use a regular scrubbing brush which you can pick up for about a pound from somewhere like Wilko. On the other hand, single brushes from big brands such as Muc-Off or Park Tool tend to be at least £6 as well, so it's not that extreme for a cycling-specific product.
Overall
The Morgan Blue Cassette Brush is very useful thing to have in your bicycle cleaning inventory, as it makes easy work of cleaning cassettes, but it's hard not to feel it's pretty overpriced.
Verdict
Effective at cleaning cassettes, but costly for a brush
road.cc test report
Make and model: Morgan Blue Cassette Brush
Size tested: n/a
Tell us what the product is for and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
Morgan Blue says, "The cassette brush is made for cleaning of the sprocket. Use Morgan Blue Chaincleaner or Mud Off for efficient cleaning."
I agree – it works very well alongside the Morgan Blue Chaincleaner.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
It's a stiff bristle brush...
Rate the product for quality of construction:
8/10
Seems well made.
Rate the product for performance:
9/10
Removes crud from between cogs and chain links efficiently.
Rate the product for durability:
9/10
Plastic body will no doubt last forever. The bristles seem to be unaffected by the sharp metal teeth on the cogs.
Rate the product for comfort (if applicable)
8/10
The handle is long and easy to hold.
Rate the product for value:
3/10
Very expensive for what is basically a stiff bristle brush, though single brushes from companies such as Park Tool or Muc-Off are generally £6+ too.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Works perfectly.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
The long bristles that get right in there.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
The price.
How does the price compare to that of similar products in the market, including ones recently tested on road.cc?
We've not tested a specific cassette-cleaning brush on road.cc (expect for those that came in a kit of brushes - the Muc-Off 5x Premium Brush Kit, for example). You can pick up a very similar brush for about £5 or less, or as little as £1 for a regular scrubbing brush from Wilko, or the like.
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes
Would you consider buying the product? Yes
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes
Use this box to explain your overall score
This is effective and should last a long time – the only downer is the price, which is very high for something that closely resembles a dishwashing brush. However, single brushes from other big brands are generally £6 or more as well, so it's reasonable within the market. Overall it's still above average.
About the tester
Age: 39
I usually ride: Steel audax bike My best bike is:
I've been riding for: 10-20 years I ride: Every day I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: commuting, touring, club rides, sportives,
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Also available with included dustpan for a fifth of the price
https://www.aosonline.co.uk/cleaning-janitorial-personal-hygiene/cleanin...
Unless you're trolling, I'm pretty sure those bristles would be useless.
Just commenting on the price. Must be that the cycling bristles are more expensive to manufacture, I guess.
I can do you a 'gravel' one for £28.95.
(4 Likes...make that £48.95)
That looks more like the "adventure"/"trekking" edition? Hopefully you've rembered to use the heaviest and cheapest components you can find.
Ideally you've included a tab so it can be secured to the under-tube bottle cage. Very important,
For the bikepackers
The gravel one needs longer bristles to cope with the overlarge 40-46T sprockets.
I'll wait for the 'gravel" version.....
An old T-shirt wrapped around a CD works for me. Pipe cleaners or straw cleaners are good for getting into places other brushes can't reach and are cheap too.
I discovered these
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/300556281
25p for 2.
I use until clogged, the degrease several. Use many times so hopefully less environmentally bad.
I used to use old used toothbrushes, but since moving to the electic ones that stopped being an option.
The lakeland catering washing up brushes are great, both for washing up and then for bicycle duties once too far gone for dishes.
I am a big fan of Finish Lines gear floss, used until filthy and then kept until I have enough to justify a weeks soak and then a go in the washing machine, in little "delicates" wash bags. 2 boxes of them to sort of justify it. They will get rid of almost all of the filth when the caseete is still on the bike, and then for the xtr on the good bike toothbrushes and degrease off the bike in the sink. My only bike not KMCed, and I have adopted the no degreaser/scrubber advice. If the chain is never spotless much less reason to have the sparkly cassette, it's only ever that way until the first turn of the pedals anyway. Might clean the cassette properly if putting a new chain on at the weekend on the Getting to Work bike.
Got my Rohloffed Ultimate Commuter back going a week ago, so very easty to clean single cogs front and rear.
AKA string.
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That's a while back.
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String is a very important thing,
Rope is thicker,
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Another option that works quite well is the collar from an outgrown school shirt. It's about the right thickness and length for flossing cassettes, and not much use for anything else.
Just get yourself a 'dish' or 'kitchen' brush from wilko or poundland. Only a quid and ive been using it to scrub my drivetrain for years. Some of these brushes have quite long bristles too so shop around. It wills till be £1 at the end of the day.
I tried that, but Mrs HawkinsPeter complained about all the grease marks left on cups, dishes and plates afterwards.
shouldnt be such a tight arse and buy her, her own brush then.
You must think I'm made of money!
And besides, it was me doing the washing up, so I was using my own brush.
Youre a squirrel, Use your tail for the dishes
Well that's just going to get hairs everywhere and washing up liquid will likely destroy the bushiness.
Surely that's a small price to pay for a clean drivetrain ...