Mechanical operations carried out with the aim of prolonging the utility of any object.
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Today's satisfactory bicycle maintenance
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Posted 3 years ago #
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Maintenance, what is that?
Posted 3 years ago # -
Like when you idly scrape mud off a down-tube but taken to extremes.
Posted 3 years ago # -
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Maintenance
the work needed to keep a road, building, machine, etc. in good condition:
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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/maintenance
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Repair
to put something that is damaged, broken, or not working correctly, back into good condition or make it work again:
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Posted 3 years ago # -
Oiling a chain is clearly maintenance. However is replacing a chain maintenance or repair?
Posted 3 years ago # -
Now there’s a question.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Could be maintenance of the drivetrain as a whole (if done in time). But can't be a repair only replacement.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Depends how bad it is? If it's a preventative measure along the lines of "the chain stretch is outside normal parameters I'd better swap it out" I'd class that as maintenance.
If problems with shifting have manifested themselves and replacing the chain remedies this then that's repair in my book :-)
Posted 3 years ago # -
Is refilling printer ink in a printer repair or maintenance? Chains, brake pads, cassettes, chainrings, tyres, rims etc. are all effectively consumables. Seeing as frames, forks, handlebars, pedals etc. are not intentionally abraded during normal use their replacement would be a repair.
Must remember to pop out and give my chain a protective coat of floppy wet-weather oil now that the slush is away, before the rust emerges from hibernation.
Posted 3 years ago # -
“and replacing the chain remedies this then that's repair in my book“
Yes and further repairs may be needed with a new chain...
Some people always change chain and cassette at the same type.
Others change chains half as often.
A new chain often only jumps on one or two cogs - generally the most used ones.
Obviously the new chain will wear. It may not be long before it stops jumping on all cogs.
Whether this inconvenience is worth the money saved is personal choice.
(It’s perfectly possible that a worn cassette will wear out a new chain faster than if both are replaced at the same time!)
Posted 3 years ago # -
“floppy wet-weather oil“
Which one do you favour?
Posted 3 years ago # -
Evans wet lube is fantastic. I do not like to say this but I say it.
Five pounds on line but with a £4.99 delivery
Mostly it has a very good nozzle. Then it is not too thick and not too thin Also it is a nice red colour
Posted 3 years ago # -
Managed to get my Marathon winter plus 20 inchers off without resorting to
chainsaws or bleeding thumbs. Much easier than putting them on. Also managed to put the Big Apples back on the right way round thus rendering my trike aesthetically acceptable again.Posted 3 years ago # -
Meant to be GLOOPY. I think it's the green flavour Finish Line.
If that's the snow gone then it's probably time to out the new brakes on the singlespeed so that I can put off removing the winter spikes from the geared bike for another few months...
Posted 3 years ago # -
“I think it's the green flavour Finish Line”
Ah yes, I’ve used that. Must get some more.
Posted 3 years ago # -
The muc off stuff smells great, haven't tasted it yet.
Posted 3 years ago # -
I use semi-synthetic engine oil. It is pink and a lot less than £83 a litre.
Posted 3 years ago # -
What is the nozzle like?
For me it is often about the applicator, see also my desire to borrow your smallest drill bit to drill into the top of my washing up liquid to significantlly reduce the size of droplet being emitted.
Posted 3 years ago # -
“semi-synthetic engine oil“
Name?
Posted 3 years ago # -
I just top up a bike lube bottle with a nice noz from the 4l bottle of Castrol 10W40 semi-synthetic engine oil. It is about £5 a litre.
£83 a litre is the same price as Laurent Perrier Cuvée Rosé, which is a very poor lubricant. For chains.
Posted 3 years ago # -
“which is a very poor lubricant. For chains“
Have you tested that hypothesis?
Posted 3 years ago # -
I won a case of Laurent Perrier Cuvée Rosé from a FT quiz one time.
Posted 3 years ago # -
@IWARTS thanks very much! I shall get myself a litre and refill my nearly empty Muc-off and Finish line bottles. Will report back on smell.
Posted 3 years ago # -
@chdot
I never type anything into CCE without knowing it to be true. Or beautiful.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Water is only one per cent worse than lube as lube
I wish this idea of topping up the Evans bottle with the good nozzle had come to me before I bought three more bottles from Evans, still with the bright red colour, that is Xmas sorted.
Posted 3 years ago # -
This would be the cuvée of the bike lubricant world? A steal at £821 /litre
https://absoluteblack.cc/graphenlube-worlds-best-chain-lubricant-coating/
Posted 3 years ago # -
@bill
Try before you buy. I have like litres of the stuff.
Posted 3 years ago # -
“I never type anything into CCE without knowing it to be true.“
That may or may not be true, but it didn’t answer the question.
Posted 3 years ago # -
Arellcat can link to the research on water as lube at Heriot Watt
Posted 3 years ago # -
“A steal at £821 /litre“
BUT look what you are paying for -
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ADVANTAGES OF GRAPHENLUBE ® - CHAIN WAX LUBRICANT:
*Able to hold sub 5 Watts of frictional loss over 900km on a Single application (in dry, low dust road conditions. After immersive lubing)
*It gives you “free” power regardless the conditions- read more below.
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