Real dinosaur juice
May. 17th, 2011 08:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleyI've been lubricating my bike chain with various dry or semi-dry lubes; mostly DuPont teflon+wax, and I tried a can of Boeshield recently. It was $14 for a tiny little can of Boeshield, but hey, folks swear by the stuff, they say it's wonderful and it lasts a long time and is quite waterproof.
Rubbish. It's hardly better than the DuPont stuff, which is $5 for a huge spray can.
Yesterday I put actual 30 weight motor oil on the chain again. It feels SO much better now. I think I will probably just stick to plain old oil, since I've pretty much given up on riding the gravel roads around here. I can stay on the pavement and even though it's 2 or 3 more miles each way it only takes about 5 more minutes because I can ride it so much faster, and it isn't trying to shake my bike apart.
Rubbish. It's hardly better than the DuPont stuff, which is $5 for a huge spray can.
Yesterday I put actual 30 weight motor oil on the chain again. It feels SO much better now. I think I will probably just stick to plain old oil, since I've pretty much given up on riding the gravel roads around here. I can stay on the pavement and even though it's 2 or 3 more miles each way it only takes about 5 more minutes because I can ride it so much faster, and it isn't trying to shake my bike apart.
