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It always says this on bottles of wet lube, and I never paid much attention. But thinking of the fact that the oil only really needs to be inside the rollers, today I really did properly wipe the chain down with one of those microfibre rags until the plates were clean and shiny again. And they were still clean and shiny when I got home. Definitely worth following the instructions!
Yep. This is the first thing that occurs to me when I read posts about certain types of wet lube causing mucky chains.
Or you went too far and took all the oil off.
Is it not 'better' to just drop a drop of oil on each roller? Will take longer but will mean there is no excess to wipe off.
The oil that's inside, where it needs to be, can't be wiped off with a rag.
Maybe I could do a drop of oil on each roller, but that would take ages.
Even if I use a drop on each roller I find the excess makes its way to the outside of the chain. A wipe just before riding sorts it.
(I actually use RnR lube now so am all about wiping)
I used some Lidl graphite oil on mine. Gave it a good spraying. Waited a bit . Wiped the excess off. Runs lovely 😊.
Tune in next week when molgrips will discover the improved comfort and grip pneumatic tyres give over their wooden predecessors
Maybe I could do a drop of oil on each roller, but that would take ages.
It literally takes a minute
Tune in next week when molgrips will discover the improved comfort and grip pneumatic tyres give over their wooden predecessors
Lol! The Kryton and Molgrips life hack podcast has a ring to it. 😂
Putoline
Increased risk of burning your shed down.
Decreased chances of having to re-lube your chain in the next 500 miles.
The Kryton and Molgrips life hack podcast has a ring to it
Being absolutely honest, I do sometimes conflate the two.
Ha! Reading this after reading your reply to my drivechain-mudguard thread makes me wonder if this was the simple solution we've both been looking for 🙂
(I've clearly not been following the instructions properly either so will def try next time...)
Well no, keeping wheel spray off the chain would also help, I think!
I’ve wondered about this, what/where am I meant to be wiping... are you wiping the outside ie left and right of the plates, or the top and bottom of the plates. If the outside, how do you get oil on them anyway if you spin the chain backwards while oiling the bottom run from its top (so the oil goes on the rollers where the contact the chainring/cassette, to start at least)?
I was always terrible at this.
I use Smoove now, I still put on too much, but at least it washes off slightly easier.
Lol! The Kryton and Molgrips life hack podcast has a ring to it.
By utter coincidence I tried this wiping off pre- Christmas after I invested in some mucoff c3 and ended up with black gloop after one ride.
It would appear to work but I’m currently returning to Squirt.
Tune in next week when molgrips will discover the improved comfort and grip pneumatic tyres give over their wooden predecessors
after which will be geex's guide to BEING OARSUM in every aspect of life.
Drop on each roller, spin chain and wipe off the excess (old cotton t-shirts do a good job).
It literally takes a minute
Still not gonna do it.