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Mmmm ...

A tin of sardines .....

Does the oil work in a Primus?

Mick F. Cornwall

Funny innit.

I've used Campag for years and years and years. Never a fault.

Ever.

Mick F. Cornwall

My picture is a B+W shot, square-ish and less than 300 pixels each way. It has a file size of 164KB.

I'm going to try once more....

Nope. Doesn't work.

Mick F. Cornwall

Wiggle state their GT85 is NOT a chain lube!

How can it be? Yes, it has Teflon, but it is a solvent too. Basically, it's WD40 with Teflon.

In the Olden Days, I used 'LPS3', and later, 'Kroon Oil'. That was 20 odd years ago, tech-know-logy has moved on.

Try White Lightning. It is waxy and dry, clean and easy to apply. It penetrates right into the bearing surfaces, and lubricates properly. As muck starts to stick, particals of WL are given off complete with the muck and grime. All you have to do is re-apply.

Your chain will last for many 1000s of miles.

HONEST.

Mick F. Cornwall

Sorry to stick my oar in again!

But, if a lamp is 'Approved', it must say so on the lens. Isn't that right?

Mick F. Cornwall

No, it's not 'desperate'. I just wanted a smiley re-visit. I think it was early summer last year.

As for the folding kayak ......

Thanks anyway.

Mick F. Cornwal

I tried to find the link to the Primus Stove Clip request in the For Sale section. Some of us can remember it!

Can't be done. Shame. "For Sale" expires.

Mick F. Cornwall

The funniest post I ever read was in the For Sale, Swaps Wanted section.

It was to do with a clip to secure a Primus Stove onto a cross bar.

Because this section 'expires', the Search facility can't find it.

What a shame. I wanted to resurrect the subject to spice up a new thread.

Any way it can be done?

Mick F. Cornwall

I've been out a couple of times, but other things have to be done. I'm 'retired' and the work never ceases. I've just pressure washed the drive (100 yards of tarmac). We live in a rural environment - log burners take logs, you know. We have a couple of acres of woods - they take maintenance.

But enough of my excuses!

My next trip out will be tomorrow, hopefully, off to North Tamerton to cross Tamerton Bridge, the next bit of The Quest. 60 odd miles round trip.

Please, do look it up in your atlases!

Man Flu gone.

Mick F. Cornwall

I can't win.

Macho Mick F. Cornwall

Hi, yet again, R2!

Chains. mmmm ... Let me think ...

What I do, and I would recommend this to anyone, is to keep it clean.

Easier said than done, I know, but in order to keep bearing surfaces working properly, the dirt and grime HAS to be removed.

I remove the chain every five hundred miles or so, (Power Link or rivet extraction tool?) and place it in a large plastic tub, (The sort you get tablets in from the Health Food shops or even get spices in) and half fill it with Gunk Engine Degreaser. With the top screweed on very tightly, give it a damn good shaking!

After your arm gets tired, have a rest, then do it again, ad infinitum, until you get bored.

Then take the chain out, and give it good wash in very hot water in the kitchen sink, liberally doused in washing-up liquid. Rinse well, and dry.

Refit to the bike, lubricate with White Lightning http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ in accordance with the instructions, and your chain will be clean, non-greasy, and last for many 1000s of miles.

Trust me.

Mick F. Cornwall

Agree.

If you don't need to adjust your 'bar height. Leave it alone and don't worry about it.

Eventually, you'll need to service the headset. Loosed the clamp in the stem, douse it liberally with penetrating oil from the top (around the place where the stem goes into the headset, and down the hole where the clamp bolt goes in) for a day or two, then turn the bike upside down and repeat from the bottom up inside the forks. It may free.

Use proper penetrating oil, not WD40 or the like.

Only then, give it a whack.

I doubt you'll need to cut off anything.

The main thing is, don't worry.

Mick F. Cornwall

Hi Phil,

I pronounce it "Mixed".

It's a 'ladies' frame, so there's no top tube. Instead, there's two narrow tubes running side by side straight from the top of the head tube diagonally to the rear drop outs. The tubes pass either side of the seat tube.

This is much stronger than a conventional ladies frame.

See: http://www.merciancycles.co.uk/frame_miss_mercia.asp as a lovely example. I must stress that my Mixte is nowhere near as good as Mercian's!

Mick F. Cornwall

Actually, we do our bit for The Environment. Honest.

Recycling, low energy stuff, composting, CYCLING, public transport, walking, home insulation, etc etc etc.

Oh yes, shopping by bike and trailer. See http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t ... s+trailers

Mick F. Cornwall

Global what?

The Vikings colonised Greenland more than a 1000 odd years ago. They called it Green Land because it was green.

Later, they left. It got cold .......

There's nothing new under the sun.

Mick F. Cornwall