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- From: kettyle@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (john.jr.kettyle)
- Subject: Re: Rain Skating? (was Re: Cleaning bearings)
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:00:57 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.190057.19587@cbnewsi.cb.att.com>
- References: <Bxo66q.IC0@rice.edu>
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- From article <Bxo66q.IC0@rice.edu>, by rbutera@owlnet.rice.edu (Robert John Butera):
- > In article <Bxo2sv.B6w@acsu.buffalo.edu> v066pz78@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (COMPUTER BLUE) writes:
- >
- >>try to relubricate them. For lubrication, I use 3-in-1 household
- >>oil. It seems to work better under wet conditions than the standard
- >>grease. (i.e. after skating in the rain, oiled bearings were still
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>rolling smoothly, while the greased ones weren't sounding as good.)
- >
- > I have a question for all of you rain skaters:
- >
- > 1. HOW? What kind of wheels? Personal experience is that even
- > getting the wheels wet (either quads or blades) makes any kind
- > of serious "gripping" (even worse on blades) out of the question.
- >
-
- I have found out that there is no way to insure gripping, so I don't worry
- about it. Call me a fag and a wimp for rollerblading ( :-) ) but skating around
- in the rain with no controll is like doing doughnuts in the parkinglot in a
- snow storm. I don't do it alot, and when I do I take precautions so that others
- won't get hurt as I go flying over a curb. Remember, PADS HELP REDUCE SCARING!
-
- If you want to try it out, go slow and stay in control. You'll sure get wet,
- in a downpoor though.
-
- > 2. What are the short and long term effects on the bearings?
- Short term effects are slowing down or binding of bearing movement. Long term
- effects are total binding of bearings. Best to repack or replace bearings.
- >
- > --
- > Rob Butera - ECE grad student Rice University, Houston, TX rbutera@rice.edu
- >
- > BAKER FOR PRESIDENT - eliminate the middleman (from rec.humor.funny)
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- John Kettyle, Jr.
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