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"Dale Benjamin" wrote:
Neil Brooks wrote: Really? I've never noticed. I do oil it and wipe off the big chunks. I'm with you on this. If I've done some really nasty riding--either rain riding on the road bike, or mud riding on the mtb--I use WD-40, a rag, and a toothbrush, but have *never* removed a chain for cleaning. They run fine, whisper-quiet, get good life, and don't seem to be cog-eaters. I'd rather be riding.... Good policy, at least better than cleaning and oiling only. I would suggest 10W-40 rather than WD-40, to minimize removal of factory lubricants. WD is just the crud-cleaning agent. I lube 'em up after that (sort of thought I should have added that....). Are you thinking of motor oil as a cleaning product, or were you pointing to my post's absence of a lubrication regimen following cleaning? |
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Per JH:
I suppose I'm probably imagining most of the "improvement" from the clean chain. I don't think so. On reflection, chain noise is the other thing - besides looks - that moves me to oil (but not clean) my chain. -- PeteCresswell |
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THAT was the hell my point. Go munch a cracker. Troll. BS Aww Bill I didnt mean to make you cry. I can just see the tears streaming down your face.. shucks heres a tissue. I just finished cleaning my chain with it... polly |
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Polly wrote:
THAT was the hell my point. Go munch a cracker. Troll. BS Aww Bill I didnt mean to make you cry. I can just see the tears streaming down your face.. shucks heres a tissue. I just finished cleaning my chain with it... Once again you delete the one direct question posed to you. Credibility Rating: ZERO. Whatever... |
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"Peter Cole" wrote in message
... Dale Benjamin wrote: Not at all. A dirty chain wears faster than a clean one, and wears the gears too. Oil is an excellent lubricant, if you're going to repeat the clean and oil cycle every few hundred miles. To extend the time interval between cleanings, apply grease after the oil. It gets dirty just as quick as oil, but the dirt and grit doesn't get into the bushings like it does when only oil is used. A poster on this NG conducted an experiment not too long ago where he split a chain into 2 sections with quick links and cleaned only one section. He found that the cleaning didn't improve chain life. Perhaps you'd repeat the experiment with grease? Not very likely. I don't have the resources to conduct meaningful experiments ( a few hundred entire chains ), much less fairly conclusive ( thousands of chains ), for thousands of miles in various conditions. |
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"Neil Brooks" wrote in message
... "Dale Benjamin" wrote: Neil Brooks wrote: Really? I've never noticed. I do oil it and wipe off the big chunks. I'm with you on this. If I've done some really nasty riding--either rain riding on the road bike, or mud riding on the mtb--I use WD-40, a rag, and a toothbrush, but have *never* removed a chain for cleaning. They run fine, whisper-quiet, get good life, and don't seem to be cog-eaters. I'd rather be riding.... Good policy, at least better than cleaning and oiling only. I would suggest 10W-40 rather than WD-40, to minimize removal of factory lubricants. WD is just the crud-cleaning agent. I lube 'em up after that (sort of thought I should have added that....). Are you thinking of motor oil as a cleaning product, or were you pointing to my post's absence of a lubrication regimen following cleaning? Actually I was thinking of the possibility that the WD-40 might wash grit into the chain bushings. Motor oil is fairly effective for cleaning off grit. But unless you're ready to remove the chain and clean it well, any oil or solvent application may wash grit into the bushings. Of course if you clean the chain, then there are the chain rings, cluster gears, and derailleurs to do also. |
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Tips for chain cleaning
On Wed, 18 May 2005 19:08:45 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote: "wle" wrote: (clip)--0.3 is a visual estimate - pretty easy to make. (clip) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Language like, "half a thou," or even "a third of sixteenth," would never be misunderstood. But .3/16 is strange, and so, easily questioned. If you visually see that something is about a third of something marked as a 16th, then the proper way to express that would be as 1/48th. Jasper |
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