RE: *LUBING THE CHAIN*
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RE: *LUBING THE CHAIN* - 6/24/2005 8:43:40 AM
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05Tribal
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I know you can still buy chain wax for bicycle chains.
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RE: *LUBING THE CHAIN* - 6/24/2005 5:58:12 PM
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chainstretcher
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Tony -- only problem with white lithium grease is it looks like you got 'happy' on yer chain until you run it 50 miles Only reason I stopped using the chain grease is it attracted too much sand. Not necessarily on the chain but around my counter sprocket area.
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RE: *LUBING THE CHAIN* - 6/24/2005 7:31:03 PM
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Tony Mawad
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quote:
ORIGINAL: chainstretcher
...only problem with white lithium grease is it looks like you got 'happy' on yer chain until you run it 50 miles... I don't understand what you are saying -- "Happy on yer chain" ?
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ORIGINAL: chainstretcher
...Only reason I stopped using the chain grease is it attracted too much sand. Not necessarily on the chain but around my counter sprocket area... Road dust (unless you ride on beaches). But I think lubrication is still beneficial for the life of the chain/sprockets. I have had the same chain on my '94 since it was new; bike has almost 30,000 miles also. I don't do wheelies (which do stress chains), also I am not into drag racing (also stresses chains). But I used to ride fast and hard through highways and twisties -- but not anymore because I don't have time to be injured or dead. Still, I have had the same chain thoughout all that time and think a factor was because I maintained the chain and lubed it.
Using no lube will indeed keep your rims the cleanest, but at the expense of your chain and sprockets. It is a trade off.
I also don't recommend you use too much lube on there.
too much lube = no good
I like to spray where needed, and then wipe off some of the excess off. If you put on too much, you will just have a trap for dust. All you need is just a thin coat that will be between the chain & the sprockets. Too much on there will get squeezed out anyways and fly off as well.
An example of lube and metal:
With motors components such as cranks within the mains' bearings, and also turbine shafts within their bearings, .0015" is many times the ideal clearance between the journals and the bearings. That is about 1/3 the thickness of white envelope paper -- pretty thin. So you can see, you don't need a thick film at all for lubrication.
Thin coat = good
for me^
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