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Re:The History of WD-40 by hinkley on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @01:11AM (#22532918)
WD-40 is so light that it can be flung off a bicycle chain just from going around the cogs, which is a hell of a lot slower than car parts.

It tends to get banned among cyclists, too.

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Re:The History of WD-40 by radicalbyte on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @03:16AM (#22533405)
It is fantastic for cleaning your chain before applying proper chain oil.
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Re:The History of WD-40 by effie on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @07:14AM (#22534457)
> WD-40 is so light that it can be flung off a bicycle chain just from going around the cogs, which is a hell of a lot slower than car parts.

How do you mean? The WD-40 liquid falls of, or evaporates too quickly?

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Re:The History of WD-40 by hinkley on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @02:54PM (#22538368)
For a while, decent bike tires had tan sidewalls. We noticed that some people had weird streaks on their tires that looked a lot like SpinArt.

Someone somewhere figured out that WD-40 was causing that. And sure enough everybody with streaks said that they use WD-40 on their chains. The streaks were dirt sticking to oil. And if the oil is on your tire, it went past your rims to get there, which is very much not good.

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Re:The History of WD-40 by de_watcher on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @08:26AM (#22534796)
Chain is cleaned with WD-40 and then lubricated with vaseline. Grease is used for non-sealed bearings.
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