|   Cable lube info. | Mike T.
Apr 2, 2002 2:24 PM | | SRAM-man Ed Nasjleti uses Sailkote for his shift cable installations. The site for it is here -
http://www.mclube.com/frames/sailkote/index.html |
| Nice........ | Mr. Tokyo
Apr 2, 2002 2:59 PM | | I'll try to find some when I'm in Florida. Good info Mike. |
| Tx Mike Tea | JimC
Apr 2, 2002 3:20 PM | | I'm wondering how that might work for chains in the wet over here on the Wet Coast. Hmn. jc |
| Hmmmmm, chains, hmmmm........nmm | Mike T.
Apr 2, 2002 3:25 PM | | |
| Thanks Mike. Sounds like good stuff, I'd like to try some. (nm) | Spar¡cus
Apr 2, 2002 8:34 PM | | |
| So the real question is... | næstep
Apr 2, 2002 10:17 PM | | ...assuming that SailKote is the creme de la creme of dry lubricants, for a fully-sealed housing run does it beat a light oil based lube, such as Tri-Flo?
I'd be curious to hear Edmund's thoughts.
næstep |
| So the real question is... | BCRider
Apr 2, 2002 10:28 PM | | I'd be a little doubtful about the "fully sealed system" holding, er, water. (bad pun, I know) The end ferrules may have the nifty little seals in them but the cable itself is made from strands of wire and the seals will not fit down into the groove well. So any serious amount of oil in there would leak out until the surface tension was sufficient to hold the remaining oil in place. For the same reason unless you use those wormy things on the cable ends dust can land on the portion that moves from inside to outside as the control is used and cause dirt to migrate into the "sealed" system in time. And the oil from "inside" just helps the dust to stick for the return trip.
I do agree that they are much better than the cheapo open housing ferrules. But because of the stuff above I suspect the info at Edmund's site is still pertinent.
Not trying to be a pain but I'm not sure how much faith you're putting in those seals.... |
| But in this case the application is... | næstep
Apr 3, 2002 3:59 AM | | ...a Rohloff Speedhub (I know, I know, wrong forum), where the cable is never exposed, since it begins at the shifter unit on the handlebars (filled with grease) and terminates at the shifter box on the hub (again, filled with grease).
I'm not thinking so much along the lines of the the cable being suspended in an oil bath (interesting concept, though), but simply a vew drops of Tri-Flo versus a few squirts of SailKote: Purely from the standpoint of cable lubrication, which is better?
næstep |
| Ahh, that's different then.... | BCRider
Apr 3, 2002 9:15 AM | | ... Yeah, in a totally enclosed system a thin oil might work well.
There will be some viscosity or surface tension drag though depending on the thickness of oil and how much there is and all that.
The dry lube intrests me as it has the promise of really snappy cable action. Guess I'll have to find and try some.
I've always used a thin wipe of motor oil on the housing portions of the cables. It does help make them a little smoother but it is a little draggier. Tried the teflon cables too and they were very nice at first but after a couple of years of commuting I found the teflon cut into the housing inner tube and vice versa and was quite stiff. |
| Ahh, that's different then.... | BigJake
Apr 3, 2002 11:40 AM | | Lots of dry lubes out already, not sure how this one compares. I've run lots (Schwinn/ Finishline/ Pedros Ice/ Sachs) But the best of the rest I've used is Boeshield. Rode and raced most of last year on Ice wax, not quite as waterproof, but I got a good deal on it...
Oh, yeah, and Boeshield works pretty well for cables, too (forgot what forum I was in here for a minute) |
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