View Poll Results: Dry Chain Sond 0 What Would You Do?
I would turn back and lube the chain
5
6.85%
I would continue on my ride and ignore the "dry" sound
31
42.47%
I would look for a LBS or a Dicks or similar and buy some lube
3
4.11%
I wear ear buds or am hard of hearing and would never hear that sound
2
2.74%
This has never happened to me, as, being perfect, I always have a properly lubed chain
18
24.66%
What - you're supposed to lube your chain?
3
4.11%
Other - please tell us and thank you
11
15.07%
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That "Dry Chain" Sound - What Does a 50+'r Do?
09-22-13, 05:31 PM
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Cooking oil, Oil from a vehicle dipstick, Suntan oil, Margarine, Butter, - they all work quite well. I usually use the old oil from the shaft drive of my motorbike, thus I only get dry chains on multi day journeys. Cooking oil works very well or chainsaw chain oil stays on longer.
09-22-13, 06:00 PM
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I'd turn my hearing aid down! (just kidding).
I keep going and tell myself to remember to lube when the ride is over. But by then, I've gotten used to the noise, so I forget. Generally takes 2 or 3 rides for me to remember. I don't think it's a big deal.
- Ed
I keep going and tell myself to remember to lube when the ride is over. But by then, I've gotten used to the noise, so I forget. Generally takes 2 or 3 rides for me to remember. I don't think it's a big deal.
- Ed
09-22-13, 10:59 PM
#55
Ancient Clydesdale
The only dry chain noise that I've heard has come from other peoples' bikes.
Rain will wash off chain lube, but otherwise, a properly lubricated chain will stay lubed at least 300 miles. I really don't see how anyone could have a dry chain unless they have been caught in the rain or are a bit lax on maintenance.
I'm amused by some of the things that some contributors to this thread consider to be chain lube.
Rain will wash off chain lube, but otherwise, a properly lubricated chain will stay lubed at least 300 miles. I really don't see how anyone could have a dry chain unless they have been caught in the rain or are a bit lax on maintenance.
I'm amused by some of the things that some contributors to this thread consider to be chain lube.
09-22-13, 11:53 PM
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MSDS? Don't need no stinking MSDS. I grew up riding around piles of asbestos waste products. Worked with Nuclear-by-products. Cleaned electronics using tetrachloride. Lived down stream from a couple of super-fund sites. Lived down wind from open burn pits and crematoriums. Visited old mines in the Moab area. Ate fruit sprayed with bug spray - probably DDT. lived with mold growing in the basement.
Wouldn't change a thing.
Except for the leaking PCB's getting into my lunch. It tasted too sweet.
What don't kill you makes you fatter, balder, shorter, better looking.
Wouldn't change a thing.
Except for the leaking PCB's getting into my lunch. It tasted too sweet.
What don't kill you makes you fatter, balder, shorter, better looking.
You forgot running through the cloud of DDT mosquito spray when we were kids and drinking from watertanks and standpipes painted with red lead primer. Does WD40 really make you sterile ? If that were advertized it would sell better.
09-23-13, 08:44 AM
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I use only the finest grade of virgin Lemur droppings, expellor pressed and condensed in an ISO 9000 clean room. My chain will never suffer this "Dry Chain". Thank you and good day!
09-23-13, 09:54 AM
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Ancient Clydesdale
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