Al salaam a'alaykum Wayne

13 Nov 03 17:01, Wayne Chirnside wrote to David Drummond:

 DD>> Hmmm the aerosol chain lubes here have a coagulating agent in them. I
 DD>> doubt they would wick very far through a cable....

 WC> The solvent doesn't evaporatate all at once and I saw it drip
 WC> out the bottom before I quit.

I would have thought it might have coagulated before it reached that far.
[...]
 WC>> It did however prevent unseen damage so if the cable was going to go
 WC>> you could actually see the need to replace it.

 DD>> You can usually feel it too.

 WC>  Yeah but usually by then it's pretty badly frayed.
 WC>  OTOH hand I've been known to drive a bike without a shift cable
 WC>  for as long  as a week before replacing it.
 WC>  Between gears is easy and you get a feel for neutral.
 WC>  The Suzuki 550 was a breeze to do this with but the
 WC>  Yamaha 650 twin a bear to drive this way.
 WC>  The 1100 no way!

I've broken a clutch cable many miles from home aproaching a largish city
near evening rush hour. I was towing a trailer loaded with camping gear.

I managed to ride it through the suburbs to our destination. Traffic lights
made it interesting....

 WC>> Now they've hydraulic clutch cables on some bikes
 WC>> which I think is a bit over the top.

 DD>> The brakes have been hydraulic for quite some years too.

 WC> I've never owned a bike that didn't have a hydraulic front disk
 WC> brake. Last bike had three, 2 front and 1 rear.

My early bikes had cable operated front ends - one had a four leading shoe,
the others twin leading.

Regards,
David

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