Chain lube

Micheal Artindale said:

For the last 2 months i have been using 80W90 Gear oil for my chain.
it is good since it doesnt drip off in the cold, and so far, the salt
that was on the roads have not gotten into my chain
Now that it is warmer, and since there is no more salt on the road,
what can i use on my chain?

Why change just because it's gotten warmer? Just lubricate well and wipe
the excess off with a cloth.

i dont want to spend $10 on a smal tube

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from a LBS when if i was that desperater for good stuff i could spend
that much on synthetic oil, and that would be a litre.

So don't spend $10 on a small tube?
Bike chain oil is very different from the 1L of synthetic oil you talk
about. It has some advantages over 'regular' oils and that's what you are
paying for.
You do realise that you only need to use a very small amount of the oil from
the small tube?
That small tube will probably last much longer than you anticipate.

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My bike is 5 yrs old, i spent $150 on it. Yess it is a cheapo, but
it has lasted 5 yrs, and probably over 20,000km. i am not nice to it,
but it has survived. Since it is worth that little, i dont see the
need for spending lotsd of $$$ on oil.

If it's, as you said, a piece of [censored]. Why bother oiling the chain at all?

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I did my first major cleaning on it a couple of weeks ago. i had to
use a wire brush on the cassette to get out the grime out. now my
bike rides like a dream.... maybe i ll regrease my bearings, for the
first time.

Use KY for the bearings. It's much cheaper than real bearing grease.
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Micheal Artindale said:

For the last 2 months i have been using 80W90 Gear oil for my chain.
it is good since it doesnt drip off in the cold, and so far, the salt
that was on the roads have not gotten into my chain
Now that it is warmer, and since there is no more salt on the road,
what can i use on my chain?

Why change just because it's gotten warmer? Just lubricate well and wipe
the excess off with a cloth.

I want to change to a thinner oil. 80W90 is quite thick.

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i dont want to spend $10 on a smal tube

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from a LBS when if i was that desperater for good stuff i could spend
that much on synthetic oil, and that would be a litre.

So don't spend $10 on a small tube?
Bike chain oil is very different from the 1L of synthetic oil you talk
about. It has some advantages over 'regular' oils and that's what you are
paying for.

I have used Transmission fluid, wheel bearing greese, engine oil, and
various sprays associated with cars.

I work at a garage, and can get anything for next to nothing. I just want to
know which is best for the warmer climate

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You do realise that you only need to use a very small amount of the oil

from

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the small tube?
That small tube will probably last much longer than you anticipate.

I antisipate it will last the summer.

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My bike is 5 yrs old, i spent $150 on it. Yess it is a cheapo, but
it has lasted 5 yrs, and probably over 20,000km. i am not nice to it,
but it has survived. Since it is worth that little, i dont see the
need for spending lotsd of $$$ on oil.

If it's, as you said, a piece of [censored]. Why bother oiling the chain at

all?

One word -- RUST

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I did my first major cleaning on it a couple of weeks ago. i had to
use a wire brush on the cassette to get out the grime out. now my
bike rides like a dream.... maybe i ll regrease my bearings, for the
first time.

Use KY for the bearings. It's much cheaper than real bearing grease.

Never heard of KY
Micheal

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Never heard of KY

KY Jelly. It's water soluble, so I'm sure he was joking.

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For the last 2 months i have been using 80W90 Gear oil for my chain. it is
good since it doesnt drip off in the cold, and so far, the salt that was

on

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the roads have not gotten into my chain

Now that it is warmer, and since there is no more salt on the road, what

can

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i use on my chain? i dont want to spend $10 on a smal tube from a LBS when
if i was that desperater for good stuff i could spend that much on

synthetic

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oil, and that would be a litre.

My bike is 5 yrs old, i spent $150 on it. Yess it is a cheapo, but it

has

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lasted 5 yrs, and probably over 20,000km. i am not nice to it, but it has
survived. Since it is worth that little, i dont see the need for spending
lotsd of $$$ on oil.

I did my first major cleaning on it a couple of weeks ago. i had to use a
wire brush on the cassette to get out the grime out. now my bike rides

like

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a dream.... maybe i ll regrease my bearings, for the first time.

Micheal

I ride [censored], cus it is easyer to fix, or replace...and i am not out much.

Well rendered lamb lard is recommended for summer riding.

Shaun aRe

Shaun Rimmer said:

Well rendered lamb lard is recommended for summer riding.

What's nutrition got to do with chain lube?

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Never heard of KY

KY Jelly. It's water soluble, so

And *you* knew this how... hmmmm???
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Micheal Artindale said:

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Micheal Artindale wrote:

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I did my first major cleaning on it a couple of weeks ago. i had to
use a wire brush on the cassette to get out the grime out. now my
bike rides like a dream.... maybe i ll regrease my bearings, for the
first time.

Use KY for the bearings. It's much cheaper than real bearing grease.

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Never heard of KY
Micheal

It's a lubricant more normally associated with things medical or
bodily. It's a water based lubricant designed not to damage rubber. In
the UK google tells me the main constituents are water and glycerine.
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Shaun Rimmer said:

Well rendered lamb lard is recommended for summer riding.

What's nutrition got to do with chain lube?

It does both jobs is what. Why TF do you think MTB'ers call that stuff
2-in-1?

Shaun aRe

Micheal Artindale said:

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Micheal Artindale said:

For the last 2 months i have been using 80W90 Gear oil for my chain.

I want to change to a thinner oil. 80W90 is quite thick.

Well, thick isn't necessarily bad. If it's thick it'll stay where it's
needed and not just fly off into the atmosphere or wash off in puddles.
Why not try something like 20W-40? You should be able to pick up gallons of
that for free. It's thinner, but it won't stay on as well.

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I have used Transmission fluid, wheel bearing greese, engine oil, and
various sprays associated with cars.

I work at a garage, and can get anything for next to nothing. I just
want to know which is best for the warmer climate

Trouble is that nothing YOU can get for free is ideal. It will always be a
compromise.

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You do realise that you only need to use a very small amount of the
oil from the small tube?
That small tube will probably last much longer than you anticipate.

I antisipate it will last the summer.

A 120ml bottle of Finish Line Cross Country Synthetic chain lube has lasted
me longer than just the last summer. I probably use less than 5ml everytime
I lube the chain. That's easily a whole summer if you're riding under
normal conditions.

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My bike is 5 yrs old, i spent $150 on it. Yess it is a cheapo, but
it has lasted 5 yrs, and probably over 20,000km. i am not nice to
it, but it has survived. Since it is worth that little, i dont see
the need for spending lotsd of $$$ on oil.

If it's, as you said, a piece of [censored]. Why bother oiling the chain
at all?

One word -- RUST

Any oil applied (and excess wiped off) regularly as needed will prevent
rust - including the oil that you are currently using. You may have to
reapply a lighter weight oil more frequently especially after riding in the
wet.

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I did my first major cleaning on it a couple of weeks ago. i had to
use a wire brush on the cassette to get out the grime out. now my
bike rides like a dream.... maybe i ll regrease my bearings, for the
first time.

It does sound like the oil/grease you are using is clogging the drivetrain.
Or you are not cleaning it often enough for your conditions. At the risk of
repeating myself, oil and wipe excess off. A lighter weight oil will be
slightly less likely to clog the drivetrain.
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