Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site iddic.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!tektronix!orca!iddic!brucec From: brucec@iddic.UUCP Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Chain Cleaning and Lube Message-ID: <1765@iddic.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23-Jul-84 15:56:24 EDT Article-I.D.: iddic.1765 Posted: Mon Jul 23 15:56:24 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jul-84 20:43:37 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 14 Cleaning solvents: Delarosa in "The 10 Speed Bike Book" list an additional drawback of gasoline: It dissolves some of the'permanent' lubrication built into some chains. She recommends kerosene or MINERAL SPIRITS. Anybody out there ever used mineral spirits for this purpose? How'd it go? Chain Lubrication: Same book recommends soaking in light machine oil, Eugene Sloane's Bike Book recommends soaking in gear grease so heavy that it has to be warmed up to liquify it. Someone recently recommended 'Dri-Slide.' Any experiences with these? or some others? Bruce Cheney Tektronix Wilsonville,OR.