Greg, thanks for the information, I saw bike riding mentioned in one of your oil postings. Not a ruse, but just a little kidding about the oil analysis for bike lube.

I do my own auto and bike maintenance. Peddled 27" wheel road bikes for yrs, and only occasionally replaced chainsets, and found it easy to buy the correct parts, as it seemed there were limited choices, shimano, campy, sagumo.

Found it different with the mountain bike. Replaced OEM chainsets two summers ago, and the rear hub is pretty much shot already,with the front sprockets showing some teething as well, and just wondering if improper lube had anything to do with it. Also there are so many different types of chainsets and makes available nowadays, I find it easier to buy the right parts for the Saab.

If I could not do the work on the Raleigh myself, I probably would have easily eclipsed the original purchase price in repair/replacement costs. Like cars, it seems the bike dealers make most of their money on parts and service.

Back to the chainset wear, I am 20 lbs heavier now, the mtn bike is heavier, the peddle loads vary greatly, and definately more dust on the trails.

I buy bike parts from Arvada Cycle, as it is close to where I live. But I did get conflicting info on frequency of chain replacement, which going forward I'll do more often. Saab parts I buy on the web from e euro.

Thought some of the posters perusing the oil topics might be amused by the "gear switch" to the more basic form of transport.

BTW I bought my 9-5 as a program car from is it Tynan's in Fort Collins. They knew next to nothing about the car, but were about $ 1,500 better than Shaw on price.

dtech

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• Saab Oil Recommendations (way too freakin' long), Greg Netzner, Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:42:07
  • I hope that Saab officials read this board and Nines,, SWEDECAR aka Anders, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 19:32:56
  • Maybe I'm missing something, but what about..., Noel, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 14:07:36
    • Well, since you asked ..., Greg Netzner, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 17:47:54
      • So is it keep the oil, change the filter?, Noel, Thu, 6 Feb 2003 10:30:00
        • Definitely maybe !!, Greg Netzner, Thu, 6 Feb 2003 14:28:45
      • heck of a debate, lowbar, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 18:18:23
        • Good choice. :-))), Greg Netzner, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 19:01:23
          • Bosch oil filter's anyone?, Rod'899kT, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 21:43:10
            • Are these the semi-synthetic filters in the black box?, Greg Netzner, Wed, 5 Feb 2003 11:00:08
              • Oh no!, lowbar, Wed, 5 Feb 2003 11:24:11
                • Don't EVEN ..., Greg Netzner, Wed, 5 Feb 2003 13:38:08
  • Gee thanks!, lowbar, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 09:27:09
    • No problem, Greg Netzner, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 10:52:36
      • Also, I think lowbar drives LPT 9-5., J, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 11:56:23
        • Actually it is a 3.0t V6, lowbar, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:52:28
          • 3.0 is also Light Pressure Turbo, and ..., J, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:03:20
  • Don't worry ... the person with high blood pressure ..., J, Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:26:16
  • greg, i saw you on bobistheoilguy.com, tony b, Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:41:11
    • Yeah, well, there are worse vices (so I'm told), Greg Netzner, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 01:28:17
      • Lubrication question, dtech, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 12:03:09
        • AMSOIL Heavy Duty Metal Protector--, Dick in Falls Church, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:10:46
        • Cool! Trans-vehicle lubrication questions!, Greg Netzner, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:09:19
          • Re: Cool! Trans-vehicle lubrication questions!, dtech, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 18:37:00 <-- Viewing This Message
            • Of bicycles & quadcycles, Greg Netzner, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 19:19:46
              • Make sure you change oil filters on your bike! :-) n/m, J, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 22:03:07
          • Try using Mobil 2 Delvac 13wd40 on your bike chains :-), J, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:12:24
            • Re: Try using Mobil 2 Delvac 13wd40 on your bike chains :-), dtech, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 20:49:28
    • Yup ... I'll confirm Greg's obsession with oil., J, Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:21:35
  • but generally right on, Stephen Goldberger, Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:14:18
    • I'm currently convinced that ..., Greg Netzner, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 13:03:28
      • From NINES ... Delphi Electronics has a better OLM, Stephen Goldberger, Tue, 4 Feb 2003 17:36:24

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