chain cleaning trick

garlic <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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A camping cyclist told me this story, and as a chain-lube fanatic, i see this as a
great alternative to "dinosaur juice" as applied

to

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moving parts of machinery, just to get gummed up from tire dust or sand or from drying out.. I
always thought that the use of organic oils (i.e.

olive

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oil, or jojoba oil) has untold benefits as alternative to petrolium oils. Now I am convinced. Now,
when my exposed gear drive is dirty and gummy, I soak it with said

oil,

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lay the bike out near a rat's nest *(they are identified by stick mounds out in the woods) , and
they meticulously lick said components CLEAN . Watching in red light, the rats' appendage is quite
long and reaches difficult locations easily... The abuse may occur if one relies on one critter
repeatidly, as a limit occurs when their scat becomes mostly sand... This may end up being classed
animal abuse or at worst, animal slavery,

but

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not bondage...

I like this idea a lot! Personally, I have simply attacked my chain with turps and a toothbrush for
5 minutes, and thought that did a pretty good job, but the rat method sounds like a winner!

What if you were to use warmed-up butter? They would love that!
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DFM

Not a good idea. Do you want to get Weil's Disease (Leptospirosis???)

garlic said:

Now, when my exposed gear drive is dirty and gummy, I soak it with said oil, lay the bike out near
a rat's nest and they meticulously lick said components CLEAN .

That is REALLY clever. So clever, in fact, that it's covered under U.S. patent number 6,573,083
(believe it or not!)

RFM
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garlic said:

A camping cyclist told me this story, and as a chain-lube fanatic, i see this as a
great alternative to "dinosaur juice" as applied to moving parts of machinery, just
to get gummed up from tire dust or sand or from drying out.. I always thought that
the use of organic oils (i.e. olive oil, or jojoba oil) has untold benefits as
alternative to petrolium oils. Now I am convinced. Now, when my exposed gear drive
is dirty and gummy, I soak it with said oil, lay the bike out near a rat's nest
*(they are identified by stick mounds out in the woods) , and they meticulously lick
said components CLEAN . Watching in red light, the rats' appendage is quite long and
reaches difficult locations easily... The abuse may occur if one relies on one
critter repeatidly, as a limit occurs when their scat becomes mostly sand... This
may end up being classed animal abuse or at worst, animal slavery, but not
bondage...

Oh great ! Now in addition to cars, mountains, wheather,dogs, etc - I have to worry about legions of
"Pavlov" rats coming after my bike 😉
!!

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Originally posted by Garlic
A camping cyclist told me this story, and as a chain-lube fanatic, i see this as a great alternative
to "dinosaur juice" as applied to moving parts of machinery, just to get gummed up from tire dust or
sand or from drying out.. I always thought that the use of organic oils (i.e. olive oil, or jojoba
oil) has untold benefits as alternative to petrolium oils. Now I am convinced. Now, when my exposed
gear drive is dirty and gummy, I soak it with said oil, lay the bike out near a rat's nest *(they
are identified by stick mounds out in the woods) , and they meticulously lick said components CLEAN
. Watching in red light, the rats' appendage is quite long and reaches difficult locations easily...
The abuse may occur if one relies on one critter repeatidly, as a limit occurs when their scat
becomes mostly sand... This may end up being classed animal abuse or at worst, animal slavery, but
not bondage...

Yah, if I told my wife about that one, I don't think she would tour with me anymore.........byfred