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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