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Of COURSE they are. How else do you think you get the distinctive "I ride a bike" grease stains on your legs/pants?So the chain and rings aren't supposed to be caked in thick, black grease?
Grumble...the education one has to do around here.....grumble, grumble
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(who actually does try to keep her chain clean)
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05-25-2006, 06:35 PM #16
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So the chain and rings aren't supposed to be caked in thick, black grease?
oops... Guess I'd better get to work... 
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05-26-2006, 11:09 AM #17
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Give big space to the festive dog that make sport in the roadway. Avoid entanglement with your wheel spoke.
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09-10-2006, 11:39 AM #18
Save lives - Spay/Neuter!
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Well, since I'm not going to ride today.....I'm going outside to clean my bike.... She deserves it
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Lots of great info here! Thanks Denise, for starting this thread!
"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals".
Immanuel Kant
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09-18-2006, 07:00 PM #19
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Exactly!
Originally Posted by kelownagirl
So the chain and rings aren't supposed to be caked in thick, black grease? oops... Guess I'd better get to work...
I have tried to "clean" my chain, but I really don't know how to do it. I put grease on... but it never seems to come "off". It's just always dirty! And then I add grease... and that doesn't help. UGH. I wish I could just pay someone to clean it for me.
As for my bike, I cleaned it for the 2nd time... in 2 years *gasp*... tonight. Sad, I know."Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"
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09-18-2006, 07:29 PM #20Kitsune06 Guest
I use one of the quick links... just unsnap it, throw it in an empty Fruitwater bottle 1/4 full of solvent, let it sit a little while, shake, shake, shake, pull out chain, run (old) toothbrush over it, put it in again, shake, shake, shake, wipe down with cloth (old dish cloth? DGF's new dish cloth? Who knows?!) and let the solvent evaporate, then lube your way to happiness. ...oh, and use that brush and solvent on your filthy, filthy drivetrain, too.
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09-18-2006, 07:38 PM #21
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Don't use grease. Chains need oil or specific chain lube.
Oil is good, grease is better.
2007 Peter Mooney w/S&S couplers/Terry Butterfly
1993 Bridgestone MB-3/Avocet O2 Air 40W
1980 Columbus Frame with 1970 Campy parts
1954 Raleigh 3-speed/Brooks B72
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09-18-2006, 08:35 PM #22
Don't whine
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Park Tool's "Chain Gang" is awesome. See my post somewhere around here. I think it started with "I'm in love"
yeah, the U of W teaches it's English Majors the art of hyperbole...
And I use Boeing T-9 on my chain."If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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09-22-2006, 08:50 AM #23
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Can anyone suggest a good bike maint. book? I am very visual and it would help a lot to have a book with pics to follow while doing this stuff. BTW thanks for all the grerat info.
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09-22-2006, 09:42 AM #24
Grease Monkey
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Check these two threads: Originally Posted by jusdooit
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=9744
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=9439Oil is good, grease is better.
2007 Peter Mooney w/S&S couplers/Terry Butterfly
1993 Bridgestone MB-3/Avocet O2 Air 40W
1980 Columbus Frame with 1970 Campy parts
1954 Raleigh 3-speed/Brooks B72
