Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
Is that a road bike? Very nice! (My mtb drivetrains look like that; the Mad One has stayed cleaner despite zero maintenance.)
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
Is that a road bike? Very nice! (My mtb drivetrains look like that; the Mad One has stayed cleaner despite zero maintenance.)
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
That's about what my Surly Long Haul Trucker looked like after a winter full of Seattle commuting - 35 miles a day in the rain.. I was finally prompted to clean it when I couldn't backpedal because the tension pulley was too gunked up. I now have ball bearing pulleys. Chain and cassette cleaned up pretty well, though. I figure I'll change them at the same time sometime before my cross-state tour this summer.
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
I've never had a drivetrain 5% as nasty as that! Didn't matter if I was using motor oil in suspension, dry lube, or wax. How long does it take to quickly wipe off the crud on the chain after lubing??
I've never had a drivetrain 5% as nasty as that! Didn't matter if I was using motor oil in suspension, dry lube, or wax. How long does it take to quickly wipe off the crud on the chain after lubing??
I'm not a morning person. I get up for my 7:30am ride at 7:05. You want me to get up at 7:03am so I have time to deal with the chain??? :>😉
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
I've never had a drivetrain 5% as nasty as that! Didn't matter if I was using motor oil in suspension, dry lube, or wax. How long does it take to quickly wipe off the crud on the chain after lubing??
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
The thing is the crud finds its way down between the sprockets where it's not really doing anything, and onto the jockey wheels but away from the teeth. You may get reduced chain life like that (grinding paste etc.) but otherwise it doesn't cause too much of a problem, you're right. One of the strengths of the basic design really. The advice to people who can't be bothered to do much maintenance perhaps should be lots of oil without cleaning after all. Better than the chain going completely rusty which you quite often see on unloved bikes.
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
Hey that's not so bad. The point where it gets bad is when you need to take out the screwdriver to scrape off the donut-shaped "cake" enveloping the pulleys. And the donut around the 11t or 12t.
I started using less and less lube on my commuter... Now I put just enough to prevent squeaking. Stays dry, keeps my pants clean, stays quiet. -- Phil
I've never had a drivetrain 5% as nasty as that! Didn't matter if I was using motor oil in suspension, dry lube, or wax. How long does it take to quickly wipe off the crud on the chain after lubing??
I'm not a morning person. I get up for my 7:30am ride at 7:05. You want me to get up at 7:03am so I have time to deal with the chain??? :>😉
Do it once per week on Sunday in lieu of 9am service--it's a religious thing. Wear your Park Stole (tm).
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
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I've never had a drivetrain 5% as nasty as that! Didn't matter if I was using motor oil in suspension, dry lube, or wax. How long does it take to quickly wipe off the crud on the chain after lubing??
You've ruined that bike. You'll have to grab another new one off the shelf. Since you are getting a new bike, because you ruined that one, you can donate that bike to me. I only have 4 bikes, but when should I come and pick it up. G 🙂 "Mike Jacoubowsky" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Yuck. I wasn't sure the photos would really tell the story, but I was wrong. They do.
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
Troll! This cannot be real. The photographs are too well made to be done by a person who would neglect a bike. They are sharp, well lit and mostly well composed. If you really are a store owner, I suggest you hang these prints for the public to admire, and then turn it into a perpetual rotating show by you and your customers, of bicycle-related photography.
On Sun, 8 Apr 2007 13:09:12 -0700 in rec.bicycles.tech, "Mike
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Yuck. I wasn't sure the photos would really tell the story, but I was wrong.
Not anywhere near as bad as our bikes up here in Rain Country(tm), where the snow is now gone off the roads but the winter grit remains, mixed with the magnesium chloride they spray to melt snow. it really sticks to everything when wet, and is impossible to remove when dry.
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
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Is that a road bike? Very nice! (My mtb drivetrains look like that; the Mad One has stayed cleaner despite zero maintenance.)
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Bill "WL Dribbler" S.
Well geee Mike, after 50 or so hours a week of working on other's bicycles, I'm not keen to work on my own either.
One of the reasons I got a fixie-so I wouldn't have to clean it.
Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate.
Well, if this is considered to be seriously dirty by the r.b.t. community I'll better not post pictures of my bikes. To me this looks just like a bike that is used regularly and not only on sunny days. Bikes are for riding, not for spending hours cleaning the drivetrain.
Well, if this is considered to be seriously dirty by the r.b.t. community I'll better not post pictures of my bikes. To me this looks just like a bike that is used regularly and not only on sunny days.
Looks to me like a bike that's lubed sloppily.
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Bikes are for riding, not for spending hours cleaning the drivetrain.
Wiping the chain with a rag after a rain ride, and spending ten minutes lubing per week aren't a hardship as far as I'm concerned. I've done tons of commuting in winter slop without having build-up like Mike's.
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
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Well, can't you just delegate your personal bike maintenance/repairs to your staff? I fuss over my bike because I have the time, and this kind of thing is in my nature. I don't mind it - J.
Let the guys TOUCH MY BIKE? I don't think so! -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971
Amazing how long you can keep something working reasonably well by just dumping more Rock n Roll gold lube onto the chain. I probably would have been better off not ever discovering the stuff, since it seems to work so well regardless of how much crud you've accumulated. Still... if there's a specail hell for people who don't take as good a care of their really nice bikes as they should... I could be a candidate. I did, however, finally get around to installing a new chain & cleaning things up last night.
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Well, can't you just delegate your personal bike maintenance/repairs to your staff? I fuss over my bike because I have the time, and this kind of thing is in my nature. I don't mind it - J.
Let the guys TOUCH MY BIKE? I don't think so! -- Andrew Muziwww.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971- Hide quoted text -
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You are right Andrew,
I have found that no one is going to do the right thing to my bike (as defined by me). I have my own ideas about what should be done, and I do not want to take the time to explain it to someone else. It is easier and faster to just do it myself.
When it comes to having a LBS do the work, no hourly worker is going to fuss over my bike the way I need it fussed over. If he were to do that, his boss would surely fire him for being too slow - J.
