Originally Posted by
Joshua A.C. New
Oh, come now. We've all learned a lot about scotch.
Wroom, that thread started as a mockery of a ridiculous comment in a magazine. While I agree that people really should pay attention to the things they care about and leave everyone else to talk about what *they* care about, that thread started in mockery.
But you're right. Time for a new thread.
That thread was VERY useful for me!!! If it didn't exist, I might have never learned the brand of lube SRAM puts on their chains in the factory. Thanks to that thread (and the dude that went to the trouble of getting in touch with SRAM), I now have two cans of this magic ointment, and have now applied it on my chain, and it seems to work as well as new SRAM chains - that is, beautifully.
And while I am answering you here, this answer is not meant to imply I disagree with this post of yours: in fact, I agree with you 100%, in everything you said. I just don't think that, just because the thread started in mockery, it was not valuable. As it is, it might have been the most valuable thread of the year, at least for me. The guy who contacted SRAM has, on his part, learned the exact type/designation of the lube and ordered it from Germany. So, that makes two people already who had very tangible benefit from it.