Lube testing - good for a laugh but not much else

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freeflow
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Lube testing - good for a laugh but not much else

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How not to do testing of chain lubricants.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbFNrnQ ... tainBiking
Jdsk
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Re: Lube testing - good for a laugh but not much else

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Hilarious way to express changes in mass, eg "Eleven one hundredths of a gram".

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gxaustin
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Re: Lube testing - good for a laugh but not much else

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No doubt this tells us something - but what do a series of seemingly irrelevant experiments tell us about how choice of lubricant affects chain wear on a bicycle?
A sling test at greatly increased revs? Like a centrifuge? Dry lube tested wet? Does sand adhering to a sheet of card, after being mounded on, equate to sand sticking to chain rollers while moving? I have no idea and I bet he doesn't either.
freeflow
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Re: Lube testing - good for a laugh but not much else

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What is perhaps more saddening is the comments to the video.
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