Simple Green and Chains - Velonews article

This reminds me of the "Don't drink Coke, it dissolves pennies!"
nonsense. LOL

Llatikcuf wrote:
VeloNews did a tech article on it:

http://www.velonews.com/tech/report/...es/9216.0.html

-Nate


I love the description of the new product by their "marketing specialist":

"The new product, called Extreme Simple Green Aircraft & Precision
Cleaner, has heightened non-corrosive qualities"

Now that's some marketing-speak!

On 29 Nov 2005 19:08:33 -0800, "Llatikcuf"
wrote:

VeloNews did a tech article on it:

http://www.velonews.com/tech/report/...es/9216.0.html

Just an observation; I don't know if it proves anything. I've been
cleaning my chains in Simple Green for years and have noticed that
when I first put the chain in the Simple Green there's lots of
activity happening at the surface. There are no visible bubbles
appearing, but the film of lubricant dances around on the surface of
the Simple Green.

I've often wondered what causes this. Anyone?


jeverett3ATearthlinkDOTnet http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 22:52:52 -0700, bit eimer wrote:

I'm new to the group; been lurking for a while - thought I'd toss in my
2-cents on this one. I recently bought a small ultrasonic cleaner (for
jewelry). Its intended for water, but I use mineral spirits in it to clean
bicycle parts. It does an excellent job, especially on chains and
freewheels.

These are amazing, perfect for bike chains. I don't understand why
they're not common in bike shops. I wish I still had mine.

Matt O.

Peter Cole wrote:
Llatikcuf wrote:

VeloNews did a tech article on it:

http://www.velonews.com/tech/report/...es/9216.0.html

-Nate


I love the description of the new product by their "marketing specialist":

"The new product, called Extreme Simple Green Aircraft & Precision
Cleaner, has heightened non-corrosive qualities"

Now that's some marketing-speak!

the quote i like is "...probably caused by hydrogen embrittlement of the
steel chain. This is also known as stress cracking corrosion."

more evidence that the "little knowledge is a dangerous thing" crowd are
/way/ over-represented in cycling "tech" - stress corrosion & hydrogen
embrittlement are two /very/ different things.

[for the record, that probably /is/ stress corrosion. for thin section
like this, the rate of hydrogen diffusion is so high, it's almost
certainly not the issue.]