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From: flory@zaphod.UUCP (Trevor Flory)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: waxed chain
Message-ID: <342@zaphod.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Aug-85 19:00:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: zaphod.342
Posted: Thu Aug 29 19:00:49 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 31-Aug-85 09:06:45 EDT
References: <1073@noscvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: flory@zaphod.UUCP (Trevor Flory)
Distribution: net.bicycles
Organization: Develcon Electronics, Saskatoon, SK
Lines: 20
Keywords: humidity, dust.
Summary: time between waxings

In article <1073@noscvax.UUCP> William J. Powers writes:
>        I must rewax my chain about every 300 miles and certainly less
>than every 500 miles.  With the amount of riding that I do, that means
>that I must reservice my chain about every 2-3 weeks.

I think that this is a little more realistic than the once
a year estimate previously posted to this group, certainly
given the climate in which I live.  In fact I find that humidity
and dust also effect the time between waxings: when the wind
on the prairies gets to blowin' and the dust gets to flyin'
I find I need to wax the chain every week or so.  Since these
conditions subside with the onset fall the time between waxings
increases accordingly.

*****
Trevor K. Flory
Develcon Electronics Ltd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA
UUCP: ...!ihnp4!alberta!sask!zaphod!flory

"Forgive me Father, Develcon knows not what I do."