Dock, Dion

If you ride in the winter you can either



a) use White Lightning. You won't build up black sludge, but you will build up wax on your cassette cogs. Be careful not to gum up your derailleur pulleys. It washes off so you have to lube more often. Going on a ride where you start wet and finish dry will leave you squeaking. Your chain will rust quickly. On the other hand, I just put WL on over the rust and ride again. If you look at the disc brakes on your car, you'll notice they rust during the day while the car is parked. I just don't think rust is a problem when lubing regularly.



b) use oil. Great if you can live with the goo. Wipe your chain regularly to keep it clean, don't just keep dumping more oil on it.



Personally, I use WL during the winter and oil on my race bike.



YMMV,

-Dion



-----Original Message-----

From: John Forbes [mailto:j_for-@hotmail.com]

Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:09 PM

To: mike.m-@obra.org; OBRA Remailer

Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] WINTER TIPS #2







Or just lube with White Lightning and Race Day frequently. I somehow make

chains last for extremely long times but use the above lube every 2 or 3

rides. More if they are long rides.