chain lube?

Tony Raven said:

some are too dumb to use Google

but the truly smart search with:
http://www.scroogle.org/

Clive George said:

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Apart from being the a brighter shade of the same colour as Finish
Line Oil, I can't see why it'd be any good. It's very thin. Perhaps
it doesn't pick up clag, I guess.

And forgoodnesssakes Dave, I can't remember if you have a car, but
why on earth would you abandon the hydraulic world if you did.

Does that imply you're another cit nerd?

If you'd said enthusiast, I'd have disagreed, having spent much of the
daylight hours replacing (or rather failing to replace) a suspension
bushing, but nerd, definitely.

A

Purple Extreeme gets my vote. Brilliant. Has worked wonderfully well on my
bike. needs redoing every 300mile tho.
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AP said:

I used to use 3-in-1, but then I read in Richard's Bicycle Book about
lubricating by dipping the whole thing in molten paraffin (ie candle)
wax.
And it does work. But it needs redoing quite often, which is a bit of a
shag
(you have to take the chain off) and I was wondering whether I maybe
shouldn't switch to using some kind of chain lube - Pedros Syn or
something.
Any thoughts...?

Any oil that gets into the bearing pins is good, the thicker the better
- so if you get a spray can of oil, the propelant thins the oil down to
aid penetration, then evaporates to leave a thicker oil in the place
it's needed. This is how the hot dip wax & grease get into the chain,
they thin the lubricant with heat. Wax and grease are similar in that
they hold the oil at the bearing, which does the lubrication.
Spray the oil between the side plates so that it runs down the small
gap and into the bearing areas. Oil on the outside gives corrosion
protection and attracts dirt.

Mark
Ex Renold chain, now working for a lube company
PS I spray my chain

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Clive George said:

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Apart from being the a brighter shade of the same colour as Finish
Line Oil, I can't see why it'd be any good. It's very thin. Perhaps
it doesn't pick up clag, I guess.

And forgoodnesssakes Dave, I can't remember if you have a car, but
why on earth would you abandon the hydraulic world if you did.

Does that imply you're another cit nerd?

If you'd said enthusiast, I'd have disagreed, having spent much of the
daylight hours replacing (or rather failing to replace) a suspension
bushing, but nerd, definitely.

Heh. MOT time soon (curse the original owner of the car for their foolish
timing - if it wasn't actually quite easy to get it to pass, I'd seriously
consider getting another one in summer) so I suspect there will be similar
rude words appearing from outside my house fairly soon :-)

cheers,
clive

Mark Taylor said:

Any oil that gets into the bearing pins is good, the thicker the better
- so if you get a spray can of oil, the propelant thins the oil down to
aid penetration, then evaporates to leave a thicker oil in the place
it's needed. This is how the hot dip wax & grease get into the chain,
they thin the lubricant with heat. Wax and grease are similar in that
they hold the oil at the bearing, which does the lubrication.
Spray the oil between the side plates so that it runs down the small
gap and into the bearing areas. Oil on the outside gives corrosion
protection and attracts dirt.

Mark
Ex Renold chain, now working for a lube company
PS I spray my chain

C'mon Mark, play the game! Just what do you spray your chain with?!?
Or isn't it one of your employer's products? :o)

pppeterrr said:

When I was young, I used to use WD40 - although any mention of WD40 on such
a thread will bring about much tutting and head shaking.

Tut, tut. <Shakes head.>

--
Dave...

Tony Raven said:

I've got a couple of bottles on the garage shelf that I never use.
Its nowhere near as good as Prolink IMO.

If the first bottle was [censored], why did you buy the second?

Sorry, the devil made me ask that. By the way, I've three parts of a bottle
of the stuff here is you want it...

Tim
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Tim Dunne wrote on 07/01/2007 13:33 +0100:

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Tony Raven said:

I've got a couple of bottles on the garage shelf that I never use.
Its nowhere near as good as Prolink IMO.

If the first bottle was [censored], why did you buy the second?

Sorry, the devil made me ask that. By the way, I've three parts of a bottle
of the stuff here is you want it...

Because I have one bottle of their road lube and one of the mtb lube
bought in the USofA at a time it was not available in the UK. I would
accept your part bottle but it drives on the opposite side of the road
to my bottles and can only cause confusion ;-)

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Tony Raven said:

I've got a couple of bottles on the garage shelf that I never use. Its
nowhere near as good as Prolink IMO.

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Tony

Dumonde Tech BCL seems to be getting rave reviews in the USA at the
mo., but I don't think it's available in UK 🙁

Someone called Squeaker giving advice on chain lube doesn't inspire too much
confidence...
;-)
Peter

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On 01/05/2007 22:31:16 Simon Brooke said:

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> On 05/01/2007 17:49, Alan Holmes said,

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>> Who is 'Wiggle'?

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> Are you serious? Type it into google, and it's the first entry.

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It's Alan Holmes. He's either very stupid, a troll, or both. I'm
inclined to one of the latter two.

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One of the latter one, I think you will find.

Not everyone in the Universe knows who Wiggle are, assuming someone
is stupid or a troll because they do not know a certain cycle
retailer

I made no such assumption.

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makes you an [censored], but then you have proved that time and
time again Simon. Actually I think you are the troll.

You're welcome to your opinion.

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And forgoodnesssakes Dave, I can't remember if you have a car, but
why on earth would you abandon the hydraulic world if you did.

It wasn't a car[1] so much as an automated device for transferring money
from my bank account to that of the garage. Call me pernickety, but I'm
mindful of having a few quid to spend on some of life's little luxuries,
such as food. /And/ TWFKAML didn't like it.

Mind you, I'd have another one tomorrow, provided it had been subjected to a
ground-up money-no-object rebuild.

By Audi.

1 - CX DTR Turbo 2 Safari

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Dave Larrington said:

Has anyone tried using LHM[2] (Citroen hydraulic fluid) as a
lubricant?

That's the proper stuff to use in your MAgura brakes

I do use it in my Magura brakes, but I've only got one set of them and about
3 litres of LHM...

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Dave Larrington
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