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- From: mamacdonald@mta.ca ( )
- Subject: Re: WD-40 To Clean Chains???
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.231144.18214@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>
- Sender: news@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca
- Reply-To: mamacdonald@mta.ca
- Organization: Mount Allison U, Sackville, N.B. Canada
- References: <1993Jan23.155237.1@vax.sonoma.edu>,<C1DL06.Fqz@ecf.toronto.edu>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:11:44 GMT
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- In article <C1DL06.Fqz@ecf.toronto.edu>, tee@ecf.toronto.edu (TEE LUNS) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan23.155237.1@vax.sonoma.edu> vannuysd@vax.sonoma.edu writes:
- >>In either Bicycling or MBA, I read an article that suggested using WD-40
- >>to clean your bike chain. I tried it and really liked the results. But
- >>in the current California Bicyclist, there is an article by a mechanic
- >>who tosses off a warning NOT to use WD-40 without giving any rationale.
- >>I liked the ease and effectiveness of WD-40. Anybody know where this guy
- >>is coming from in warning us off of it?
- >
- > I think the concern is that some people seem to believe that WD-40 is a
- >good chain LUBRICANT, which it isn't. For cleaning chains, its great. For
- >lubricating, it's pretty worthless.
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- This is true... look all you want on the WD40 can and nowhere will you find
- the word "lubricate".
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