gear maintenance

[Patrick]

Hi everyone...a basic question...what should i lubricate my gears with...I
have a gittane mountain bike...yesterday the gears seemed to cease but were
fine again after a bit of fiddling...what should i put on them?...will wd40
do?...
Patrick

 

[hippy]

Patrick wrote:
> Hi everyone...a basic question...what should i lubricate my gears with...I
> have a gittane mountain bike...yesterday the gears seemed to cease but were
> fine again after a bit of fiddling...what should i put on them?...will wd40
> do?...

Oh god.. run away!!!

Start here:
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=group:aus.bicycle+chain+lube

hippy

 

[flyingdutch]

Patrick wrote:
> Hi everyone...a basic question...what should i lubricate my gears with...I
> have a gittane mountain bike...yesterday the gears seemed to cease but were
> fine again after a bit of fiddling...what should i put on them?...will wd40
> do?...

Oh god.. run away!!!

Start here:
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=group:aus.bicycle+chain+lube

hippy

that's another one to put on the a.b.jersey

 

[HughMann]

This is where you will find all the answers.


http://tinyurl.com/2rfwr

 

[hippy]

flyingdutch wrote:
> hippy Wrote:
>>Oh god.. run away!!!
>>
>>Start here:
>>http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=group:aus.bicycle+chain+lube
>
> that's another one to put on the a.b.jersey

Ja, cfsmtb's slogan on the front plus the madatory 'bike t-shirt cog
image' and on the rear could be:

What do you lube YOUR chain with?

Motorbike chain oil ( )
Sewing machine oil ( )
ProLink ( )
White Lightning ( )
WD40 ( )
Water ( )
Beer (x)
Cough Syrup ( )

hippy

 

[[email protected]]

>>>>> "HughMann" == HughMann <[email protected]> writes:

HughMann> This is where you will find all the answers.


HughMann> http://tinyurl.com/2rfwr

Hey no fair! You hid that behind a tinyurl!
--
Amused
Euan

 

[Parbs]

"hippy" wrote in message ...
> Ja, cfsmtb's slogan on the front plus the madatory 'bike t-shirt cog
> image' and on the rear could be:
>
> What do you lube YOUR chain with?
>
> Motorbike chain oil ( )
> Sewing machine oil ( )
> ProLink ( )
> White Lightning ( )
> WD40 ( )
> Water ( )
> Beer (x)
> Cough Syrup ( )
>
> hippy

Getting close, how about "What lubes your ride?" Shorter, possible multiple meanings.

Also need to stick something clichéd and Aussie as with the cog image - map of Oz, roo etc

Parbs - realising he's probably read far too many TV ad scripts recently

 

[Jo]

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 07:57:01 GMT, "Parbs" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"hippy" wrote in message ...
>> Ja, cfsmtb's slogan on the front plus the madatory 'bike t-shirt cog
>> image' and on the rear could be:
>>
>> What do you lube YOUR chain with?
>>
>> Motorbike chain oil ( )
>> Sewing machine oil ( )
>> ProLink ( )
>> White Lightning ( )
>> WD40 ( )
>> Water ( )
>> Beer (x)
>> Cough Syrup ( )
>>
>> hippy
>
>Getting close, how about "What lubes your ride?" Shorter, possible multiple meanings.
>

Very clever!.....or maybe I'm just easily amused?

 

[Ray Peace]

Patrick wrote:
> Hi everyone...a basic question...what should i lubricate my gears with...I
> have a gittane mountain bike...yesterday the gears seemed to cease but were
> fine again after a bit of fiddling...what should i put on them?...will wd40
> do?...
> Patrick
>
>
Greetings,
Take your pick, but WD-40 (AKA Ratpiss) is not a good idea, too
thin and too easily washed off again. Pay a visit to your LBS and
check out lubricants. I personally use Tri-flow, which is
currently about $10, but there are plenty of others.
Regards,
Ray.

 

[Terry Collins]

Patrick wrote:
>
> Hi everyone...a basic question...what should i lubricate my gears

gears?
gear cables - remove, wipe clean, dip in oil, pump oil into any sheaths,
force grease into sheath, rethread cable, occassional apply oil to cable
at sheath entry.

There are various sheath inserts and specialty cables if you want to
spend the money.

As to dolly wheel, remove, clean and lube with grease,

Rear cluster; I like to rebuild and pack with grease, then oil
occassionally (lie bicycle on left side and allow oil to seep in,


WD40 may penetrate, but it washes out easily.

In truth I use everything from heating oil, 20W50, vaseline, light
grease, heavy duty grease and high temperature grease {.

 

[Carl Brewer]

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 07:57:01 GMT, "Parbs" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"hippy" wrote in message ...
>> Ja, cfsmtb's slogan on the front plus the madatory 'bike t-shirt cog
>> image' and on the rear could be:
>>
>> What do you lube YOUR chain with?
>>
>> Motorbike chain oil ( )
>> Sewing machine oil ( )
>> ProLink ( )
>> White Lightning ( )
>> WD40 ( )
>> Water ( )
>> Beer (x)
>> Cough Syrup ( )
>>
>> hippy
>
>Getting close, how about "What lubes your ride?" Shorter, possible multiple meanings.
>
>Also need to stick something clichéd and Aussie as with the cog image - map of Oz, roo etc
>
>Parbs - realising he's probably read far too many TV ad scripts recently
>

If you want to get these made, I can recommend rowbust in Melbourne,
they do small runs (min of 10 jerseys) and they cost me around $85
per jersey from memory, plus $150 initial setup - if you do a design
with illustrator it's pretty easy to organise. I have the templates
for their jerseys and knicks if anyone wants them (AI format, from
AI 10)

 

[flyingdutch]

If you want to get these made, I can recommend rowbust in Melbourne,
they do small runs (min of 10 jerseys) and they cost me around $85
per jersey from memory, plus $150 initial setup - if you do a design
with illustrator it's pretty easy to organise. I have the templates
for their jerseys and knicks if anyone wants them (AI format, from
AI 10)

wot's a propellorhead like you doing in Illustrator?

F"base woz easier 3months ago!"Dutch