On 2004-02-26, jamie g <> wrote:
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> sorry I was just playing with the sig on a test ng, thought I had got rid of
> it.
>
It took me a couple of reads to spot your posts, as my newsreader was making everything below
your sig separator a dull red on black. Looks like the brute force method if fixing - no
signature at all now.
As for the original question - we've greased all exposed screwthreads and metal bits that can take
it (some bits of brakes are a bad idea). We keep the chains cleaned and oiled, and drop oil into the
ends of hubs.
Bits where aluminium meets steel really need it, for example disk brake screws into aluminium hubs.
We also drop oil into the moving parts on derailliurs an even the set screws on them.
Caliper/V/whatever brakes can have their pivots oiled. Cables can be lubricated, but beware not to
get into gear controls which rely on friction. Our modern ones use an escapement mechanism, but
we've not had to relubricate them as yet.
All our bikes get a strip down, clean up and relube once a year. The technique seems to be working
well so far. Come summer, and nicer weather and roads, we'll have to clean all the mucky grease off.
It should be a lot easier with the new ones, as we have SRAM chains with those easy to take to bits
links in, so no longer fiddling with the chain tool.
My older hybrid got the same treatment, and now has enough grease on it, that its pretty inpenerable
to salty water. Some of the parts look muckier too, but its not rusting. When I first bought it,
part of the front deraliur mechanism started rusting, but since cleaning and greasing, thats not
been a problem since.
- Richard
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