Re: [Classicrendezvous] Substitute for S/A gear oil

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From: <Gjvinbikes@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 23:15:45 EST
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Substitute for S/A gear oil
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 11/7/00 11:02:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, davebohm@azstarnet.com writes:


> I have some ideas on this. Rohloff hubs use a gear oil that can be
> purchased separately. Once for warm weather and one for cold. This would
>

My SA friend Cory Puckett says that though Marvel Mystery Oil is the substitute the Philadelphia British Bikes contingent recommends when SA oil is not available, he personally uses 10-30 motor oil. When it heats up it gets thicker, so you don't need different viscosities for different times of the year ? :-)

Glenn Jordan - Durham, NC (but maybe heading up for a visit to Philly next week)

Glenn Jordan - just another wrench at the Cycle Center in Durham, NC, USA