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  1. Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!torn!skule.ecf!tee
  3. From: tee@ecf.toronto.edu (TEE LUNS)
  4. Subject: Re: WD-40 To Clean Chains???
  5. Message-ID: <C1DL06.Fqz@ecf.toronto.edu>
  6. Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
  7. References: <1993Jan23.155237.1@vax.sonoma.edu>
  8. Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:31:17 GMT
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  11. In article <1993Jan23.155237.1@vax.sonoma.edu> vannuysd@vax.sonoma.edu writes:
  12. >In either Bicycling or MBA, I read an article that suggested using WD-40
  13. >to clean your bike chain.  I tried it and really liked the results.  But
  14. >in the current California Bicyclist, there is an article by a mechanic
  15. >who tosses off a warning NOT to use WD-40 without giving any rationale.
  16. >I liked the ease and effectiveness of WD-40.  Anybody know where this guy
  17. >is coming from in warning us off of it?                                        
  18.  
  19.     I think the concern is that some people seem to believe that WD-40 is a
  20. good chain LUBRICANT, which it isn't. For cleaning chains, its great. For
  21. lubricating, it's pretty worthless.
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