http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: anth has chain issue: shock horror en Mon, 18 May 2026 10:28:33 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61612 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:31:24 +0000 Uberuce 61612@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I just have grubby ex-white handlebars. The low-effort solution again. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61570 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:07:06 +0000 Nelly 61570@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I dont recommend it pre-ride! I was sceptical at first, but entirely fine to do when you get home and are riding next morning.</p> <p><strong>Warning though</strong> - dont spray onto the bike, only onto a cloth (in case you get it on brake blocks etc) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61567 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:02:09 +0000 wingpig 61567@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pledge? Handlebars? Really? It doesn't make them all slippy? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61566 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:58:33 +0000 Nelly 61566@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wingpig I have white bar tape on all my bikes, its not bad really, it seems to get uniformly dirty over time, and a wee wipe with a pledge infused duster cleans it up a treat.</p> <p>.....unless of course you do an @anth and add chain gunk</p> <p>Which is why you need to carry nitrile/latex etc chuckaway gloves </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61565 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:52:38 +0000 wingpig 61565@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The bar tape on my old bike was a sort of light pearly greyish-yellow, but was quite shiny so didn't pick up too much filth. Browsing bar tapes yesterday I was intrigued by how many white soft-touch bar tapes are available these days and what measures users thereof must have to take (besides employing a separate mechanic) to avoid it getting all besmirched. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61564 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:52:02 +0000 Smudge 61564@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@DaveC nitrile surely, amateur ;-p. Actually, whatever is free when it comes to putting a chain back on ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61563 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:48:36 +0000 ruggtomcat 61563@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Its a rare day when I'm not covered in soot and grime, whats a little grease?</p> <p>Oh and a packet of demerera sugar added to soap makes a great exfoliant. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61553 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:53:46 +0000 DaveC 61553@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No Latex (free) gloves... Amateur... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61551 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:48:03 +0000 Tom 61551@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I hope that was meant to read "sock". Leaf-litter and water makes a good natural Swarfega. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61488 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:53:42 +0000 amir 61488@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Poor bloke had to wipe his hands on his sick. "</p> <p>Ugh! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61471 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:29:43 +0000 wingpig 61471@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>"...box filled with tissues imbued with some sorcery..."</em></blockquote></p> <p>I was disappointed to see that Swarfega-imbued baby-wipes actually exist the last time I was in Screwfix. Such a concept should have remained unsullied by an imperfect physical incarnation.</p> <p>Although I usually carry some Lidl baby-wipes in my bag I didn't have them on Wednesday night when a co-cyclee snapped his chain and had to remove a couple of links. Poor bloke had to wipe his hands on his sick. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61469 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:24:12 +0000 Uberuce 61469@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I solved that problem by looking a little helpless and blackly handed until a lorry driver hailed me from across the road, offering a box filled with tissues imbued with some sorcery that hoiked the lot off in no time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61468 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:23:36 +0000 Dave 61468@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not white gloves then? :P </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61464 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:18:49 +0000 Smudge 61464@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't want to sound smug or self satisfied(!) but having had the same problem I now try to have a couple of pairs of surgical gloves in my bag. Weigh nothing and handier than putting chain gunge over everything you touch for the rest of the trip. You can even use them for first aid if you're that way inclined ;-)) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61452 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:56:33 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 61452@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just skipped off when I changed down to the granny. 2 seconds and back on. Gloves are now properly christened as commuting gloves. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5718#post-61446 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:30:35 +0000 chdot 61446@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><center><img src="http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg612/scaled.php?server=612&amp;filename=91saz.jpg&amp;res=mobile"><br /> </center><br /> Citycycling (@urbancyclist)</p> <p>3/16/12 8:19 AM</p> <p>So much for my nice clean new summer gloves yfrog.com/h091sazj </p>