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Old 06-12-10, 12:58 PM
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mickey85
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Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver
My favourite chain lube is home brew... 1 part motor oil and three parts mineral spirits.

Best lube I have ever used.

I'd think it'd have a detergent quality that would work very well for cleaning up the hubs. It's not too watery?

I use ATF in my Sturmeys and find that it works rather well.

Also, for the comment about WD-40, I find that with sticky hubs, if you drown it in WD-40 and ride it for 20 miles or so (shifting very often), then refill with ATF twice (to clean out the WD), it works really well to de-gunk long-sitting hubs.
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