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Old April 11th 17, 11:53 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
John B Slocomb
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On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 07:41:11 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 4/10/2017 2:25 AM, John B Slocomb wrote:
On Sun, 09 Apr 2017 11:10:53 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 4/9/2017 6:17 AM, John B Slocomb wrote:
On Sat, 8 Apr 2017 20:53:05 +0100, "Benderthe.evilrobot"
wrote:


"Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message
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On Sat, 8 Apr 2017 13:42:32 +1000, James
wrote:

I observed numerous others on the ride spending time applying lube to
their chain, mostly in the form of commercial and relatively expensive
wax in solvent preparations.

I prefer a more traditional formulation for my chain lube:

Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Macbeth (IV, i, 14-15)

One side benefit of this formula is the smell acts as a good bicyle
theft deterrent.

BS works well too......................

Does it? I had never heard of that particular method.

Tell us, does one apply it wet? Or can it be dried and later mixed
with water? Does one boil it in a pot like paraffin? Is CS or HS or
even BCS equally as effective for a lubricant?


In my area, where dairy cows are abundant, losing traction
to a spread of cow poop across a road is not unknown,
especially in a light rain or on a curve. I met Harvey
Spiegelhoff after his own cows dealt a death blow to his
1936 US Team bike's fork.

http://www.yellowjersey.org/harvey.html



In a more serious vein, don't people keep their cattle penned up? A
decent milker must be worth considerable money these days plus of
course her annual contributions to the herd :-)


The herd is moved from field to field on a regular basis,
weather permitting. Wherever they have crossed a road, the
primitive lubricant in question marks their path.

Winters are long and cold, so they're inside eating silage
for months. Being less intellectually gifted than a
cockroach, dairy cows need supervision and direction; if
left in a lush field too long they will eat until they fall
over with their various stomachs gas bloated. After such
oversight, the cows have to be vented, pronto.

http://feedlotmagazine.com/blog/2012...pasture-bloat/


That is somewhat exaggerated. Yes, if you turn cattle who have been
barn fed all winter out onto the fresh green grass they will eat
themselves sick but cattle that have, in more temperate climates,
always been pastured don't get sick in the spring.
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