How the heck do I continue to do this? Why, oh why, oh why do I always get chain grease on my leg?!?! My non-newbie friends make fun of me and call me a rookie (which I am), but I really think the grease is jumping off the chain and adhering to my leg.
Today, I not only had chain grease on my right leg, I also had it on my left knee. Evidently when I dropped my chain () and was squatting down next to the bike to put it back on, that darn grease jumped off again and landed on my other leg.
I am such a dork.
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08-12-2007, 09:08 PM #1
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Chain grease on leg
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08-12-2007, 10:55 PM #2
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My black tights are great - if I get chain grease on them it doesn't show up, so I don't know whether I get it on myself or not! I probably do, but like to think I don't!
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08-13-2007, 04:52 AM #3
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I just figure I'll end up with grease on me. Carrying the bike up and down stairs is not a good way to avoid it
. If the friends doing the hassling are male, just ignore 'em if the hassling isn't damaging. They'll get bored (eventually) and find a new thing to hassle you about.
If the hassling hurts, set a boundary. Guys like to hassle their friends, but they don't like it to hurt. Most of 'em can deal with someone putting a particular area off limits for verbal horseplay.
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08-13-2007, 05:06 AM #4
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Maybe you're using too much lube...?
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08-13-2007, 06:36 AM #5
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I'm kinda proud of the occaisional grease mark or chain-ring scabs on my leg. Nobody hassles me about it. They're too busy riding their bikes to fret over how I look!
Are these guys hassling you as a way of flirting with you?
And you might want to consider one of the "drier" lubes, and wipe off the excess very thoroughly. It does seem to help with the gratuitous grease-attacks."If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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08-13-2007, 06:49 AM #6
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I'm proud of my grease tatoos!
That's what one of my friends calls them, since I always end up with a grease tatoo somewhere on my calf. And, hey, if the guys want to comment on my greasy calves, I'll just say, "thank you for admiring my legs!" 
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08-13-2007, 11:38 AM #7
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Today I arrived at work with a chain tattoo on each leg.
I set my bike down to run back into the house for my water bottle (almost forgot!), and when I went back to pick it up, I whacked myself in the left leg. Ouch! And then somewhere along the way, I got my right leg, though I don't remember when. It just appeared. I try to wipe the chain down really well after lubing, but I guess it's not enough!
On another thread someone recommended using baby oil to remove the marks. I'm thinking I need to get a little bottle to keep in my locker, 'cause they're a bear to remove with soap and water!
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08-13-2007, 11:43 AM #8
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Oh, and just to make *everyone* feel better about grease in bad places...
My car was in the shop last week, and I rode to work from the shop and then back to the shop to pick up my car at the end of the day. It was a change of route for me, and I was sooo proud of myself! The guy at the shop looked me up and down and said, "Oh, you rode your bike down here?" And I said, "Yes," rather smugly.
Then when I got home and went to change into regular clothes, I caught side of myself in the mirror and realized I had a big ol' smear of black grease on my upper lip like a Charlie Chaplin mustache.
Lovely. I think I must have gotten some on my glove.
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08-13-2007, 11:54 AM #9
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LOL!
ONe of my favorite side effects to cycling is that whenever I'm in a state of fashion disarray, people simply attribute it to "she's a cyclist." One of the things I like about my Gazelle bike, tho' it weighs a ton, is the chain is totally enclosed. No tattoos, ever.
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08-13-2007, 12:22 PM #10
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Oh, I always have grease on me somewhere. I'm lucky if I don't show up at work with chain grease on the tip of my nose. I think I'm a grease magnet. I don't worry about it much, I can think of things in my life that are worse to be "showing off." (Take a bow, Pee-Kitty
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Anyway, baby wipes are magic. They take the grease off without any drama. Love 'em.Give big space to the festive dog that make sport in the roadway. Avoid entanglement with your wheel spoke.
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08-13-2007, 12:17 PM #11
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Rave's got the giggles - wish we had a pic!
Originally Posted by RoseC
Then when I got home and went to change into regular clothes, I caught side of myself in the mirror and realized I had a big ol' smear of black grease on my upper lip like a Charlie Chaplin mustache. Lovely. I think I must have gotten some on my glove.
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08-13-2007, 03:33 PM #12
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....and here I was thinkin' we could all get REAL chain tattoos on ourselves to camoflague the grease...um...except for the 'stache that Rose is sporting
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08-13-2007, 12:26 PM #13
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I'm another one that gets grease at inopportune places or times. I still have grease on my leg and that was from yesterday! And I DID shower. I get grease on the opposite leg also.... Originally Posted by RoseC
Then when I got home and went to change into regular clothes, I caught side of myself in the mirror and realized I had a big ol' smear of black grease on my upper lip like a Charlie Chaplin mustache. Lovely. I think I must have gotten some on my glove.
Done the upper lip thing Had finished a ride and was in the parking lot loading my bike. This guy was staring at me and once I ascertained that my jersey wasn't riding up or something wasn't exposed, I started thinking maybe it was a compliment. Yeah there was the helmet hair factor but I don't even think about that anymore. As this guy stared, I thought maybe "wow, some guy thinks I'm all that. Maybe!" This was until I got in the car and saw the mustache a'la Hitler or Chaplin.
Serves me right for thinking it was anything other than the fact I'm goofy
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08-13-2007, 03:15 PM #14
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cog marks
i kinda like the cog mark grease spots - it makes me kinda proud i am 'out there' giving it a go :-)
i had a 'clipless incident' a couple weeks ago and fell (not sure how as i had unclipped ok but then just keeled over to the unclipped side for some unknown reason) and got some perfect gear cog parallel curved cuts in my claf- i was kinda hoping they would scar as i thought they looked cool :-) they seem to be healing up toooo well though!
dunno how i get the grease marks though from the cogs - it is a mystery...
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08-13-2007, 04:44 PM #15
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Too funny! Once I got grease around the tip and on the underside of my nose...like all around my nostrils...and then went shopping. I had no idea it was there until I got home. I'm also good at getting dirt from my tires all over my knees. Originally Posted by teigyr
Done the upper lip thing Had finished a ride and was in the parking lot loading my bike. This guy was staring at me and once I ascertained that my jersey wasn't riding up or something wasn't exposed, I started thinking maybe it was a compliment. Yeah there was the helmet hair factor but I don't even think about that anymore. As this guy stared, I thought maybe "wow, some guy thinks I'm all that. Maybe!" This was until I got in the car and saw the mustache a'la Hitler or Chaplin.
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