Todays find, DynaTech Tour-Lite, warning - possible spider content!

[3wheeler7]

Actually that chain freed up and cleaned up nicely and it's the same chain in the photo of the finished bike!

 

[Mod-Master]

Could you send me a picture, I couldn’t remove the chain on my mothers bike because I didn’t have a chain removal tool. So I had to grind it off, even though it was probably surface rust.

 

[3wheeler7]

The picture of the completed bike is further up thread, the pic below is a crop of it.

 

[Mod-Master]

Ahh ok , can you tell me how to freshen up a chain like that?

 

[3wheeler7]

Wash in white spirit, hang it up to dry, wire brush thoroughly and wipe dust off, wash again in clean white spirit and hang to dry again, check all links move freely and "work" those that don't, wash and dry again if required then chain lube of your choice.
Takes a couple of hours but hey-ho I'm retired so what else would I be doing?
The reason I wanted to save this one was that it was mainly only surface rust and definitely wasn't worn out as the bike only showed minimal use.

I use white spirit cos it's cheap and it washes out all the old lube etc and dries relatively quickly (and it doesn't catch fire like petrol!)

 

[Mod-Master]

Great thanks for the help, I have lots of white spirit due to lots of painting, and a big workshop for space

 

[Mark south wales]

Do Dynatechs have a reputation for being harsh? I've never ridden one, but always been curious about the advantages of sticking steel tubes (in this case, Reynolds 501) into aluminium rather than steel lugs.

naaa dyna-tech are awesome, once ridden, for ever smitten. I've a 2060 TT lopro, ogre xce, mtrax 500 and an avanti 531. the Avanti comes no where near the Mtrax or ogre and the TT lo pro is an animal.