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Chinese hardware store chain lube substitute?

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Aslenpollie Offline
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I am on my first major bike tour and am in the middle of nowhere in China, after 2 weeks of rain and mud, and have run out of chain lube. There is no bicycle shop which will stock syn lube or any other bicycle-specific lubricant for hundreds of miles. What else will work? (considered common vegetable oil but apparently this is bad...)
Jun 12, 2009 06:00 AM
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cyclerUK Offline
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Any lubrication is better than none, even furniture "wax".
Thin oil will penetrate the inner parts of a chain but will soon need replenishing.
I have used standard engine oil on my MTB's but it soon gets black.
Jun 14, 2009 11:50 AM
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