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On Wed, 18 May 2005 05:39:25 GMT, "Bill Sornson"
wrote: wrote: On 17 May 2005 18:55:00 -0700, "wle" wrote: this sounds nutty but i have a 7000 mile chain with less than .3/16" 'stretch'. [snip] wle. Dear WLE, Possibly that 3/16ths of an inch wear was a typo? Dear Carl. Switch to decaf recently? Bill "." S. Dear Bill, Without mentioning any names, one problem with writing without capitals and leaving out punctuation is that when you mean 0.3/16ths of an inch, writing .3/16" is mystifying--was the "." intentional or a typo? (True, .30-30 rifles and .38 pistols and the .30-'06 omit the leading zero, but a 0.3/16 would be a pipsqueak indeed. And the preceding sentence will choke many proofreading programs, since a space and period rarely follow a comma.) And where on earth do we find a ruler marked in tenths of a sixteenth of an inch? Is it near where they sell the metric rulers marked in sixteenths of a centimeter? Or is it over where the 1/7th inch drill bits are always on sale? Of course, if you meant to praise my tentative effort to omit needless words (as long as they're someone else's), then I'm flattered that my snipping merits comment. Carl Fogel |
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Art Harris wrote:
Polly wrote: I never seem to get my chain clean enough. So Id like to hear different ways to clean a chain. Don't worry if the outside of the chain isn't shiny clean. What matters is keeping dirt and grit from getting inside the chain where you can't see it. The only really effective way to clean a chain is to remove it, and agitate it in a solvent such as mineral spirits. Then allow it to dry completely, and lubricate with oil. See: http://draco.acs.uci.edu/rbfaq/FAQ/8d.2.html I thought the latest "science" was that cleaning a chain didn't affect lifetime. I've stopped cleaning mine. |
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Peter Cole wrote: I thought the latest "science" was that cleaning a chain didn't affect lifetime. I've stopped cleaning mine. But even if this is true, the bike just runs so much more smoothly and quietly with a clean chain. |
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JH wrote:
Peter Cole wrote: I thought the latest "science" was that cleaning a chain didn't affect lifetime. I've stopped cleaning mine. But even if this is true, the bike just runs so much more smoothly and quietly with a clean chain. Really? I've never noticed. I do oil it and wipe off the big chunks. |
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Peter Cole wrote:
JH wrote: Peter Cole wrote: I thought the latest "science" was that cleaning a chain didn't affect lifetime. I've stopped cleaning mine. But even if this is true, the bike just runs so much more smoothly and quietly with a clean chain. 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.... |
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And where on earth do we find a ruler marked in tenths of a
sixteenth of an inch? Is it near where they sell the metric rulers marked in sixteenths of a centimeter? Or is it over where the 1/7th inch drill bits are always on sale? --ruler marked in 1/16ths. --0.3 is a visual estimate - pretty easy to make. --it;s nowhere near a whole 16th, not near half of one, kind of just the other side of where the quarter would be. --wle. |
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"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. |
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Neil Brooks wrote: Peter Cole wrote: JH wrote: Peter Cole wrote: I thought the latest "science" was that cleaning a chain didn't affect lifetime. I've stopped cleaning mine. But even if this is true, the bike just runs so much more smoothly and quietly with a clean chain. 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.... I suppose I'm probably imagining most of the "improvement" from the clean chain. In any case I certainly agree that I'd rather be riding. I save the chain cleaning for rainy nights. |
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And . . . on May 11th . . . Polly posted the same question. Same e-mail address for both of 'em.... Does . . . uh . . . that make Polly a . . . troll?? Can't we all just talk about chain *lube* instead? No that doesnt make me a TROLL I posted that message and it never showed up.. Thanks for the replies to the post, Im not too keen on ripping every single customers chain off thier bike and heating them.. although I could see where I could easily charge extra for something like that. I'll start a couple more threads on chain lube and chain cleaning devices. PS Neil show me the link to that post.. |
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