Actually, I recommend using glass cleaner (ammonia based) on the pinch roller and capstan. If you
clean the pinch roller (little rubber thingy that looks like a miniature race car tire) often enough
the alcohol can dry out the rubber. Windex works great but I would still use alcohol on the guides
and heads.
markgo "Tom Keats" <
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> In article <
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> (roseofsharon) writes:
> > Hi, My cassette player that I use on almost all my rides is worn out. Should I replace it with
> > another cassette player or with a CD player?
>
> Clean the tape guides with isopropyl-alcohol-charged Q-tips, and give 'em a couple o' swipes with
> a demagnetizing wand. Take care not to scrub grit into the tape heads. I bet with a little TLC,
> your tape player would be good as new.
>
> Tape players don't wear out, as much as they build-up a bunch of [removable] crud.
>
> And portable tape players aren't as wont to skip as portable CD players.
>
> If you feel like it, have a listen, for me, to "Swamp Thing", by the Chameleons (UK) on their
> "Strange Times" album. (I once had a bike I dubbed "Swamp Thing".)
>
> I wish I could toss ya ('n everybody else) some jim-dandy tapes. But, unlike certain recumbent
> advocates, I'll leave yez all up to yer own devices, choices, and preferences -- and respect 'em.
>
>
> cheers, Tom
>
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