Well, I don't have an Oro chain or freewheel but my wife would truly think I'm nuts (no comments) if she saw me polishing the chain links.
John "I like a clean bike, but..." Price Denver CO
-----Original Message----- From: Chuck Schmidt [mailto:chuckschmidt@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:30 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]NOW: Regina Oro WAS: Waxing chains
Jan Heine wrote:
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> Since I ride my older bikes usually only in good weather, I have
> contemplated waxing the chains. That would keep them much cleaner -
> especially ORO chains and freewheels aren't all that "oro" after a
> few hundred miles (or kilometri?).
Regina Oro chains and freewheels are steel plated with brass and the brass plating gets tarnished even with being coated in oil.
If you want your Oro to be "Oro" (gold) what you have to do is polish the brass with something like Brasso, Wenol or Simichrome polish. Before everyone starts jumping to conclusions here... I personally only do this if I'm going to be showing a bike.
Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California http://www.velo-retro.com (Reprints, t-shirts, Campagnolo Timeline, Mavic Timeline, Drillium)
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