Originally Posted by
Closed Office
Thanks for mentioning the difference, sixty-fiver.
I don't have a free hub so that might take a bit more oil, but for free wheels here is my quick fix. I just lay the bike on its left side and spin the wheel. Drizzle oil between the moving and the stationary part of the sprocket until it comes out the other side.
Really nice fast improvement, works winter or summer.
That works too... it is really dependent on your riding conditions as more wet or cold weather riding always means more service is needed and if you use oil lubrication the service intervals will be more frequent.
Up here any bikes that get ridden in the winter should use synthetic lubricants as our temps can fall below the operational range of standard grease and oil which is usually okay to -25C or 0F... with synthetics you can enjoy smooth running at -40 and beyond.
You can really feel the difference in how smoothly a bike runs at lower temps when you use semi of full synthetic grease.