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bicycle6228
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We've had some challenging weather lately. Plenty of occasions of cluster
ice-up:
http://home.comcast.net/~tomdempster/temp/ClusterS.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tomdempster/temp/CRS.jpg.
The only recourse I can find of any kind is to completely drench the drive
train in 5 to 30 weight oil. This only postpones the onset of the
impairment: After 5 to 8 miles in snow, the chain doesn't grip the cluster
adequately on any but the largest 3 cogs. With only a 46T large CR, my
cadence is often spun out. The drive train was pretty worn, so I changed it
all out: New chain, cluster and chain rings => no help. Anything on the bike
lower than the top tube gets inundated with slush, ice, salt and sand, so
there's no hope of a good chain wrap on the lower cogs without either
mechanical or chemical protection. Looking for any suggestions on how to
address this.
What do you folks in Edmonton do?
ice-up:
http://home.comcast.net/~tomdempster/temp/ClusterS.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~tomdempster/temp/CRS.jpg.
The only recourse I can find of any kind is to completely drench the drive
train in 5 to 30 weight oil. This only postpones the onset of the
impairment: After 5 to 8 miles in snow, the chain doesn't grip the cluster
adequately on any but the largest 3 cogs. With only a 46T large CR, my
cadence is often spun out. The drive train was pretty worn, so I changed it
all out: New chain, cluster and chain rings => no help. Anything on the bike
lower than the top tube gets inundated with slush, ice, salt and sand, so
there's no hope of a good chain wrap on the lower cogs without either
mechanical or chemical protection. Looking for any suggestions on how to
address this.
What do you folks in Edmonton do?