Sun Mar 23 06:06:02 1997
- Message No. 524
From: Marcel_Sieling@d.maus.de (Marcel Sieling)
Subject: FW: Scotoiler
Hi,
>the oil quickly goes of the chain, poluting the environment (making your
>bike dirty)
It is possible to control the dripping speed...
>in an O-ring chain, the "greese" is encapsulated in the inside, so only
>the outside (rust protection) and the sprockets need greese.
This is a general advantage on O-Ring chains, this is independent of the
Scottoiler.
>a chain is woren out, if it starts to get longer and longer...it's
>because the "inside" of the chain is woren out (sorry for my english).
>Because of the O-Ring, no greese will ever reach the inside of the
>chain !!
See above. ;-)
>last not least: a "wet" chain attracts dirt. That's why some guy only
>use dry chain spray...
In all chain lube tests the dry lubes are to be found on the last rankings.
This stuff sucks. ;-)
>For non O-Ring chain's, a scott oiler is perfect, but I wouldn't
>recommend it for O-Ring chains.
I think this conslusion is not right, because also O-Ring chains need
lubrication and lubrication in general is done better by a scottoiler than by
hand... I'm thinking of buying one...
take care - Marcello.
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