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Joe Faust
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:36:01 -0500, "Phil, Non-Squid"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I used Prolink on my beater chain about 5 months ago. I've ridden it on
>short 1/2 mile trips on a daily basis, with a couple of wet rides. I
>haven't maintained it at all because my current job has distracts me from my
>interest in bikes, and the entire set of inner and outer plates is a nasty
>dry-rust mess at this point. However, there's no chain squeak. This is a
>SS with decently high tension on the chain. I also don't notice any dry
>chain roller "rattle."
>
>Is there no squeak because of the chain tension, or is it because the
>Prolink has actually maintained its lubricating properties?
At first I thought it might be Molybdenum disulfide, however
Molybdenum disulfide is black. "Due to the weak interactions between
the sheets of sulfide atoms, MoS2 has a lubricating effect. Finely
powdered MoS2 with particle sizes in the range of 1-100 µm is a common
dry lubricant. It is also often mixed into various oils and greases,
which allows the mechanisms lubricated by it to keep running for a
while longer, even in cases of almost complete oil loss....."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molybdenum_disulfide
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I used Prolink on my beater chain about 5 months ago. I've ridden it on
>short 1/2 mile trips on a daily basis, with a couple of wet rides. I
>haven't maintained it at all because my current job has distracts me from my
>interest in bikes, and the entire set of inner and outer plates is a nasty
>dry-rust mess at this point. However, there's no chain squeak. This is a
>SS with decently high tension on the chain. I also don't notice any dry
>chain roller "rattle."
>
>Is there no squeak because of the chain tension, or is it because the
>Prolink has actually maintained its lubricating properties?
At first I thought it might be Molybdenum disulfide, however
Molybdenum disulfide is black. "Due to the weak interactions between
the sheets of sulfide atoms, MoS2 has a lubricating effect. Finely
powdered MoS2 with particle sizes in the range of 1-100 µm is a common
dry lubricant. It is also often mixed into various oils and greases,
which allows the mechanisms lubricated by it to keep running for a
while longer, even in cases of almost complete oil loss....."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molybdenum_disulfide