Tag: Bicycles & Gear

Endless Post These are lessons from playing with lubricants and bike chains. I have posted what I have written to date. This post will become an endlessly updated post. Prices Motor Oil & Gear Oil Motor oil, the lubricating oil distilled and sold for use in 4 stroke internal combustion engines, was sold in quart […]

Endless Post These are lessons from playing with lubricants and bike chains. I have posted what I have written to date. This post will become an endlessly updated post. Wax Not dripped Paraffin is a wax, a dry solid, which is melted down into a low viscosity (thin) liquid, and applied to a chain immersed […]

Tires Pneumatic Modern tires allow cyclists to ride pavements, gravel, trails, dirt, mud, and other surfaces. Pneumatic tires, pneumatically inflated with compressed air, were invented and industrially produced before the end of the 19th century. Earlier, solid rubber was used to manufacture bicycle tires. It was better than other material. Getting a bouncy wheel that […]

My project to learn enough about bike chains and lubrication to replace my chain, change my use of lubricants, and maintain my bike better started in 2021 and was nearly complete in April 2022. At that time I wrote the 8 posts listed here. I have been making corrections and some changes after further thoughts. […]

Endless Post These are lessons from playing with lubricants and bike chains. I have posted what I have written to date. This post will become an endlessly updated post. Introduction/Resources Most of a bike has solid surfaces, protected with paint – like an automobile or motorcycle. The solid parts can be hosed off or gently […]

Endless Post These are lessons from playing with lubricants and bike chains. I have posted what I have written to date. This post will become an endlessly updated post. Bikes Other Drive Systems The Sturmey-Archer 3-speed AW internal gear hub system was used on Raleigh bicycles for many years. There are articles and resources at […]

Endless Post These are lessons from playing with lubricants and bike chains. I have posted what I have written to date. This post will become an endlessly updated post. Lubricants Science The bicycle is made of materials and components “invented” by mechanics and engineers before late 19th century scientists articulated the periodic table of elements […]

Endless Post These are lessons from playing with lubricants and bike chains. I have posted what I have written to date. This post will become an endlessly updated post. Chain Drive Bicycle drive trains are chain drives with roller chains. Chain drives were used in industrial machines for decades before they were adopted by the […]

Endless Post These are lessons from playing with lubricants and bike chains. I have posted what I have written to date. This post will become an endlessly updated post. Finding Chain Wear In April 2021, I thought I had less than 2,000 Km1 When I did the math, it was over 4,000. on the KMC […]

Active outdoors through another year of the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020-21. I moved to Victoria West in November 2020. I had a few months transition before I vacated the house in James Bay. I was busy moving in the early months of 2021. I learned the most efficient routes to places to meet Mike or […]