My winter hybrid (with studded tires and used extensively on icy, salty streets) gets synthetic motor oil on the chain. I have found that this works well to keep slush off and minimize rust, although it does pick up grime. At the end of the season, I clean it with my Park chain cleaner, lube again with motor oil, and hang up the bike for the summer. The chain has surface rust but the pins are free and it is flexible which is what counts. Most of the rust seems to have appeared when I was using regular chain lube, not the motor oil.
I have been toying with buying a Wipperman stainless chain but will wait until the current one gives up the ghost. Rust is an ever-present problem in snow, slush, and salt. You learn to live with it. Steve On Jan 17, 12:16 am, AmiSingh <asd...@gmail.com> wrote: > I found a good amount of rust on my almost new chain today! Definitely > less than 100 miles on it. > > The chain was degreased/stripped of lube, then waxed with an 80/20 > blend of paraffin to bees wax and I've been riding a few miles (15 > tops) 3 times a week in the bitter cold Midwest. Once I rode when the > streets were a slurry of melting snow, ice, salt and dirt/muck. > Otherwise, mostly dry roads or when there's been a fresh thick > powdering. > > I did not expect rust, but maybe I should have... > > So what do I do with my almost new rusty chain and should I worry > about my bottom bracket or any other parts of the frame or any of it's > components? > > Note, I like to keep my bike clean, use simple green finished with > pedro's bike lust every 2 or 3 times I ride in these conditions. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
