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To Lube Or Not To Lube Shifter Cables That is the Question!
"Steve Sr." wrote in message
... Bike Gurus, My apologies to Shakespeare. I was wondering if there was any consensus on this subject. I am referring to the Shimano type of cables with the plastic core. [snip] Yes, I have already checked for Gatorade under the bottom bracket and there wasn't any. Thanks, Steve Shakespeare lubed his bicycle cables with pine pitch that he got down in the shipyard -- everybody knows they didn't have Gatorade back then. Today, its all about polytetrafluoroethylene -- to PTFE or not to PTFE, that is the core of the question. mC |
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To Lube Or Not To Lube Shifter Cables That is the Question!
"Steve Sr." wrote in message ... On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:39:42 GMT, "MykalCrooks" wrote: "Steve Sr." wrote in message .. . Bike Gurus, My apologies to Shakespeare. I was wondering if there was any consensus on this subject. I am referring to the Shimano type of cables with the plastic core. [snip] Yes, I have already checked for Gatorade under the bottom bracket and there wasn't any. Thanks, Steve Shakespeare lubed his bicycle cables with pine pitch that he got down in the shipyard -- everybody knows they didn't have Gatorade back then. Today, its all about polytetrafluoroethylene -- to PTFE or not to PTFE, that is the core of the question. So is that what they line these cables with? I don't recall teflon being pink in color. Or is this some other kind of slippery plastic? Steve Teflon (PTFE) comes in colors. I've purchased schedule 80 pipe that was made of PTFE to handle flows of hydrofluoric acid. The pipe was red. And expensive. And at normal temperatures it was impervious to all kinds of stuff, including petroleum distillates... mC |
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