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echo: bikenet
to: BOB PICKETT
from: JOHN POOLE
date: 1997-01-13 14:54:00
subject: Lubricants

 BP> After trying many small, expensive squeeze bottles of chain lube
 BP> over the years, I reverted to motor oil (still very messy), then
 BP> to chainsaw oil (not bad, but messy).  A friend recently
 BP> suggested:  one part STP Oil Treatment,  two parts motor oil,
 BP> three parts charcoal starter.  The light charcoal starter
 BP> carries the viscosity-enhanced oil into the chain and evaporates
 BP> or is easily wiped off the outside.  It works well.  After
 BP> riding in the rain and getting a rusty chain, it still
 BP> functioned noiselessly.  The formula seems to last for one week
 BP> of rides, a couple hundred miles or more.
Gosh, I thought all you Texas guys used axle grease!
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