On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 8:10:13 AM UTC-7, davethedave wrote:
On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 08:51:29 +0700, John B. wrote:
On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:46:22 +0200, Emanuel Berg
wrote:
When you buy a new chain, sometimes its in a box and is very well lubed.
But sometimes it comes from a big roll (coil?) and there is what appears
to be but an oily touch. Should you lube it when you've put it on or is
the "industrial lube" worth preserving?
I think that reading Sheldon Brown's pages might answer a lot of your
questions.
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/chains.html#factory
This one too.
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html
You guys are all senile and should be posting to rec.bicycles.geriatric