Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Freewheeling => The Dark Side => Topic started by: Blodwyn Pig on 03 May, 2020, 11:54:02 am
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Whist extending the chain today, after letting the boom out another 10mm, i thought of this idea, with an old thick cotton bootlace. The good thing is that if you tilt the bike over on its stand to lift the back wheel, then a backwards and forwards actiion, will result in muliitple passes, scouring out the crud.....result!
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My preferred method is to remove the chain (if I'm cleaning the tubes, it's getting a Sheldon Shake anyway), then pass a degreaser-soaked tampon tied to a brake cable inner through the tubes a couple of times in the same direction.
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My preferred method is to remove the chain (if I'm cleaning the tubes, it's getting a Sheldon Shake anyway), then pass a degreaser-soaked tampon tied to a brake cable inner through the tubes, in the same direction, a couple of times.
Ah! ::-) didn't have one of those to hand..., and I didn't take the chain off. Perhaps if I could catch a mouse.....
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That bootlace method could be particularly handy in the field, when your recumbent has a small rear wheel and you've neglected to change into small:small before riding on the recently-cut grass.
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But I don't have boot laces on my sandals...... ::-)
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I use small piece of cloth socked in WD40 and use curtain wire to pull it through,
I like the idea of the boot lace :thumbsup: