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green oil ecospray lube

green oil eco spray lube

though it does me no favours whatsoever, prior to a bicycle trip to scotland many years ago, i opted to clean my chain to a level that would have allowed any hapless bystander to clearly see the refelction of the road in each link. this i accomplished by rubbing the entire chain vigorously with an ageing cloth, prior to opening a can of brasso and cleaning each link with same before once more, polishing the chain with the cloth i mentioned earlier.

i totally agree that this behaviour is perilously close to obsessive compulsive disorder, but in my defence, it was a wet day outside and there was nothing much on the tv.

however, though i have not stooped to such depths since, i still prefer to leave home with a shiny chain and i do vastly prefer lubes that manage to carry out their appointed task without turning the chain black. i was formerly of the opinion that so-called dry-lubes were less prone to such discolouration, but in the interim, i've come across a couple of examples that have proved me wrong. this simply entails cleaning the chain prior to departure and reprising the exercise on my return, particularly if it's been a wet ride.

several years past, a gentleman who had retired to islay employed a three-speed bicycle as his sole means of transportation. because he covered a substantial number of kilometres each week in the course of his ministrations, the bike had cause to appear in my back garden for regular doses of fettling. unfortunately, though i admired his attention to chain lubrication, particularly in the light of a hebridean climate, he apparently felt no compunction to clean the chain first. thus, when i had cause to make mechanical adjustments to his bicycle, it was particularly difficult to avoid getting oily marks on more than one item of clothing. the chain links could never be discerned through the crud.

i cite this in evidence for my pleas of innocence, such as they are, for my current chain-related behaviour. i'm sure that's why i now hold this fascination for chain cleaning over and above the rest of the bicycle.

and in order that chain cleaning might be carried out efficiently, i have developed my own routine for so doing. making use of what shall remain un-named spray-lube products, i would coat a portion of the chain and wipe it clean with a textured cloth until i had treated the entire chain. since the majority of those lubes generally evaporated reasonably quickly, i'd usually leave the chain overnight, when possible, before applying a chain lube. the idea, by my way of thinking, was that any degreasing properties would have disappeared prior to applying chain lube.

however, in these modern times of eco friendliness, where the human race has been advised that the three most important changes that can be made in favour of environmental safeguards are: give up the car, have fewer children and become a vegetarian, it ill behoves the concerned cyclist to continue using spray lubes containing ptfe. in order that we might have access to the very product best suited to this philosophy and in a format most conveniently accessible, simon nash of green oil began a kickstarter campaign to finance production of green oil eco spray lube a spray-on liquid that displaces water, lubricates and rust proofs a bicycle chain.

that campaign was particularly successful.

in short, this spray lube is ideally placed to achieve that which i require without cutting a bigger hole in the ozone layer. and the finest recommendation i can offer is that it just works. simply and brilliantly. just what we've come to expect from green oil.

green oil eco spray lube

monday 16 july 2017

twmp ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................