Thu, 14 May 1998 09:48:44 +0200
- Message No. 3018
From: Arne Lindgren
Subject: RE: Re: Chain lubing & cleaning
Hello. As an (ex-) long distance biker I can tell that we have some
problems that we (the @ people) dont have. Bicycles dont have
o-rings.... And racing cycles dont have chainguards. That means that
cyklists get dirtier from a dirty chain and that the dirt penetrates at
bicycle chain easier.
But, we must also give the lube time to penetrate the chain. This means
that lubing the chain after the drive/ride will get the lube a chance to
get inside the chain before been thrown away by the rotating forces.
Lubing a bike chain after every ride and slowly spinning it around (like
puching the @ a couple of meters) made tha chain last up to 4 times
longer than lubing before the ride.
What we yse for cleaning besides diesel is kerosene/lamp oil/fotogen(se)
and (that is what i think is called petroleum in finland....).
What could be useful i thing is to make up some sort of solvent
dictionary so you / we can find the right stuff while travelling in
areas where were not used to the language.
Ive been thinging of it a couple of years now. Ill think some more and
then build up some kind of list system im my home page. More mail is
coming in the case.
Arne Lindgren (and Mattewerner, the green-white @)
> ----------
> From: Vladimir Stehlik[SMTP:stehlik@student.fsid.cvut.cz]
> Sent: den 14 maj 1998 07:15
> To: Africa Twin Konference
> Subject: (XRV) Re: Chain lubing & cleaning
>
> muehlberger@grz.co.at wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does anyone of you also clean the chain from time to time?? Cause
> mine
> > gets
> > VERY dirty after some 1000 kms, coming from dirt glued onto the old
> > chain
> > oil.
> >
> > Or does anyone uses white chain spray?? Any experiences??
> >
> > Achim
>
> Hi Achim,
>
> from the bikers (not motorbikers) I have heard that they clean their
> chain with diesel-fuel. I tried it several times - it works, just take
> some brush and clean it, after lube the chain with some chain lube.
>
> As for dirty on the chain, I think there are two types of chain lubes.
>
> One for the street bikes - this stays on chain, no leaving of oil due
> to
> the centrifugal force.
>
> And the second for cross bikes - this one due to the centrifugal force
> leaves the chain and takes with itself all the dirty (sand etc.).
> Minus
> is that your bike is then very dirty from the oil.
>
> My opinion. Now I use Silkolene chain lube - it belong to the second
> group, so after lubing the chain and first run with bike I have my
> bike
> very dirty. For the time interval, I started to lube it everytime I
> tank, so every ~350 km (so I don't need to remember when I did it last
> time), but if there is a need I lube it more often.
>
> That's all, bye for now.
>
> Vlada
>
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