Greetings, one and all. It has been a long time, at least a few years, since my last post and I am just assuming my membership is still active.
At 75+, I still ride regularly, although not the distances I used to. I live in a small town in far northern VT, which has mostly dirt roads. I just ride; I don't desire new stuff nor do anything heroic worth writing about. I have a Ramboulliet, a Trek 620, An early Saluki (my goto ride), and a custom Bilenky touring tandem. My wife rides a Betty Foy and my daughter a Cheviot. All but the Trek have fenders but that's still a lot of chains out on dirty roads and a lot of messy time cleaning them. Can you teach an old dog new tricks? Well maybe. I clean the chains, rings and cogs with mineral spirits and citrosol. I use a standard oil lube and wipe them down as best I can. The process of wiping down the chains inevitably contaminates the rings and cogs with oil and the first ride bleeds oil from the inside to the outside of the chain. The oil collects dirt, which wears down rings and cogs. (I just ordered three new rings today, so I'm focused). Every time I go through this process of cleaning 9 chains, I watch a youtube video on chain waxing but get put off by the initial effort and purchase of a crock pot, ultrasonic cleaner, etc; and wonder if it would really improve this process ; keep the chain cleaner and reduce wear? Your experience, appreciated. Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/12e68310-c2eb-4ff8-a6fd-b7d8c6d2a361%40googlegroups.com.
