Is peanut butter a good lubricant?

[winjohn]

The LX shifters I fitted to my rebuilt Lava Dome were not shifting that reliably so I decided to have a look inside.

I may have found the problem...I think at least it was smooth rather than crunchy peanut butter!

 

[novocaine]

The LX shifters I fitted to my rebuilt Lava Dome were not shifting that reliably so I decided to have a look inside.

I may have found the problem...I think at least it was smooth rather than crunchy peanut butter!
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mmmm, emulsified grease. got all you essential minerals and vitamins in it.

 

[winjohn]

It's gone on a diet now!

 

[7Speed]

The LX shifters I fitted to my rebuilt Lava Dome were not shifting that reliably so I decided to have a look inside.

I may have found the problem...I think at least it was smooth rather than crunchy peanut butter!
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brought back some memories that - looked like the contents of the inside of a nappy. Consistency and texture - full points - but I am going to have to make a deduction for volume and the fact that it was fully contained within the shifter - 7/10.

 

[Frankenorange]

Bananas for transmission fixes in the field used to be a thing. A ship was launched with bananas as a lubricant on the slipway in the 40's. I think this is where the whole slipping on a banana comes from.

I use olive oil for cleaning and lubing chains. It is cheap, organic, and lasts well. Olive oil is great for both, or clean with olive oil and run with Argon oil.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Olive oil, cheap???
This little BadGirl was over £60!
I used to lubricate my bike with veg oil when I was a fossilophobe, one day I came out of a shop to find a dog licking my chain.
Clean

 

[novocaine]

Olive oil, cheap???
This little BadGirl was over £60!View attachment 933540
I used to lubricate my bike with veg oil when I was a fossilophobe, one day I came out of a shop to find a dog licking my chain.
Clean

**** me, you are billionaire.

 

[bikeworkshop]

He/she who sells enough teeny bottles of muc-off chain lube (120ml £9) can bathe in olive oil evermore

 

[Suprachrgd82]

Peanut butter is not a good lubricant. It requires several showers to scrub off.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Peanut butter is not a good lubricant. It requires several showers to scrub off.

I think you'll find the "dog method" mentioned for chain cleaning

one day I came out of a shop to find a dog licking my chain.
Clean

...will remove the peanut butter too.