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Originally Posted by BigApe

It's called a scottoiler. I'm a lazy B'st*rd me.

On a touring bike/hack....fair play...but a 'sports bike'?

No chance....just have some lube at home and make it part of your weekly checks/fettling.

I spit on people wth fast bikes and scottoiler'.

Originally Posted by ASM-Forever

On a touring bike/hack....fair play...but a 'sports bike'?

No chance....just have some lube at home and make it part of your weekly checks/fettling.

I spit on people wth fast bikes and scottoiler'.

Sorry I don't understand. For those summer sports bike riders that never go out in the wet or cold, a scottoiler makes even more sense. The trickle rate on the oiler could be set to almost stop. The fling of the chain would be next to nothing and the best bit of all. The oil wipes off the rear wheel with a rag. Unlike the horrible sticky crap that comes out of a tin.

And another thing. My winter hack commuting tool is shaft drive as all proper winter hacks should be. ZERO maintenance.

[ogden]

Originally Posted by BigApe

It's called a scottoiler. I'm a lazy B'st*rd me.

I had a Scottoiler for about three years and it never made any difference to the longevity of the chains on the bikes I owned in that time.

Mostly because it never made it out of the box and I ended up punting it out on eBay. I r a considerably more lazy b'st*rd than yow.

Originally Posted by ogden

I had a Scottoiler for about three years and it never made any difference to the longevity of the chains on the bikes I owned in that time.

Mostly because it never made it out of the box and I ended up punting it out on eBay. I r a considerably more lazy b'st*rd than yow.

I concede. You are. Obviously spending that sort of money and me being as tight (but not as tight as ASM) I wanted to make sure I didn't waste my money.

Originally Posted by BigApe

I concede. You are. Obviously spending that sort of money and me being as tight (but not as tight as ASM) I wanted to make sure I didn't waste my money.

I reitierate my stance that scottoilers are pooh.

[KnightRider]

My loobman works well. I give it a squeeze everyday and my chain stays clean and lubricated.

Originally Posted by ASM-Forever

On a touring bike/hack....fair play...but a 'sports bike'?

No chance....just have some lube at home and make it part of your weekly checks/fettling.

I spit on people wth fast bikes and scottoiler'.

Bah, I'm fitting a Scottoiler to the next bike I get, if it's not already got one

Originally Posted by SDMF

Bah, I'm fitting a Scottoiler to the next bike I get, if it's not already got one

Then you will receive a fair share of my saliva.

[rictus01]

generally easily manage twice the chain & sprocket life with a scottoiler, and as mine is now fitted to it's fifth bike each of which done over 100k miles, as a rough guide that would have been have been a new set each 20k, 5 sets per bike, however with the scottoiler its 2.5 sets.

if you were to say £100 a set then you are looking at saving of £1,250 just on hard wear alone, but as I use old engine oil through mine you could also deduct the cost of 500k miles worth of chain loob as well.

the numbers don't lie, not having one show either an abundance of spare cash or a minimum of miles, as I dont have the first and won't limit myself on the second, I'll keep mine thanks.

Oh and before you ask, speed triples aren't normally considered touring hacks.

Cheers Mark.