Just got a fab recommendation of Rock-n-Roll Gold lubrication. Link below.
http://www.rocklube.com/gold.htm 500-700 miles dry, 200-300 miles wet between applications sounds impressive. Esteban, I'm looking forward to reading your review of the Chain-L. Thanks for all the feedback and recommendations. I think I'll start over with a clean chain tomorrow. In the future I'll avoid the slurry mix of salt/snow/ice/water/muck. I'm also going to return my white lightning ceramic lube. I never really got into it's black spray-off. Despite chain wipedowns before during and after a ride it continued to pollute my chain stay. On Jan 17, 5:31 pm, Esteban <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm gonna try some of this Chain-L I got from Velo Cult. > > http://www.chain-l.com/ > > The people I know who use it say its the best they've tried. > > I'lll let you all know how it goes when I lube the Ebisu and give it a > twirl. > > Esteban > San Diego, Calif. > > On Jan 17, 2:18 pm, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My winter hybrid (with studded tires and used extensively on icy, > > salty streets) gets synthetic motor oil on the chain. I have found > > that this works well > > to keep slush off and minimize rust, although it does pick up grime. > > At the end of the season, I clean it with my Park chain cleaner, lube > > again with motor oil, and hang > > up the bike for the summer. The chain has surface rust but the pins > > are free and it is flexible which is what counts. Most of the rust > > seems to have appeared when I was using > > regular chain lube, not the motor oil. > > > I have been toying with buying a Wipperman stainless chain but will > > wait until the current one gives up the ghost. > > > Rust is an ever-present problem in snow, slush, and salt. You learn > > to live with it. > > > Steve > > > On Jan 17, 12:16 am, AmiSingh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I found a good amount of rust on my almost new chain today! Definitely > > > less than 100 miles on it. > > > > The chain was degreased/stripped of lube, then waxed with an 80/20 > > > blend of paraffin to bees wax and I've been riding a few miles (15 > > > tops) 3 times a week in the bitter cold Midwest. Once I rode when the > > > streets were a slurry of melting snow, ice, salt and dirt/muck. > > > Otherwise, mostly dry roads or when there's been a fresh thick > > > powdering. > > > > I did not expect rust, but maybe I should have... > > > > So what do I do with my almost new rusty chain and should I worry > > > about my bottom bracket or any other parts of the frame or any of it's > > > components? > > > > Note, I like to keep my bike clean, use simple green finished with > > > pedro's bike lust every 2 or 3 times I ride in these conditions. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
