Tri-flow?

Not sure what you mean. If you are using it what could you be missing ?

Personally I don't have much use for it.
Here is an example / an experience I had when it first came out . . . I don't know . . . back in the eighties some time :
I was working on a high quality bicycle that had a dry slightly squeaking chain. I shook up the TriFlo really well because I knew it had particles in it. I carefully put a drop across each chain link pivot. I ran the chain a while hanging up in the shop.

When I test rode the bike it was still squeaking. I went back and put on more TriFlow.
Dambed if it still wasn't squeaking.

I put on my normal old chain lubricant that I prefer and use for my own bikes . . . are you ready . . . 10Wt oil that I use for my metal cutting lathe. I have five gallons of the stuff so I use it and it is the perfect weight for the purpose.

I put the lightest amount across the pivots, the stuff soaked into the joints and . . .
when I test rode it . . . no squeak.

I find the TriFlow to gum up sluggish control cables more than the same 10wt or my fave for sluggish control cables, plain old WD-40.

Nope. I don't have much use for TriFlow. There must be something it is good for.
 
Wowbagger said:
Not sure what you mean. If you are using it what could you be missing ?

Personally I don't have much use for it.
Here is an example / an experience I had when it first came out . . . I don't know . . . back in the eighties some time :
I was working on a high quality bicycle that had a dry slightly squeaking chain. I shook up the TriFlo really well because I knew it had particles in it. I carefully put a drop across each chain link pivot. I ran the chain a while hanging up in the shop.

When I test rode the bike it was still squeaking. I went back and put on more TriFlow.
Dambed if it still wasn't squeaking.

I put on my normal old chain lubricant that I prefer and use for my own bikes . . . are you ready . . . 10Wt oil that I use for my metal cutting lathe. I have five gallons of the stuff so I use it and it is the perfect weight for the purpose.

I put the lightest amount across the pivots, the stuff soaked into the joints and . . .
when I test rode it . . . no squeak.

I find the TriFlow to gum up sluggish control cables more than the same 10wt or my fave for sluggish control cables, plain old WD-40.

Nope. I don't have much use for TriFlow. There must be something it is good for.
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I’m kinda shocked at that actually.
I’ve bicycled at least 100,000 miles and I swear by triflow.
I’m on the coast as well and I’ve had far better results with triflow than mainstream bicycle lubes.
I wonder what we’re doing differently.
 
Chucktabulous said:
I’m kinda shocked at that actually.
I’ve bicycled at least 100,000 miles and I swear by triflow.
I’m on the coast as well and I’ve had far better results with triflow than mainstream bicycle lubes.
I wonder what we’re doing differently.
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I may be old school but from my perspective TriFlow IS a mainstream bicycle lube.
I will say that one that I hate even more is White Lightening (though I think they changed the name ). Awful stuff, builds up all over the place (people seem to put it on with a bucket) and after all that it squeaks in the rain.
Silly stuff.
I'm so old school I can remember when we used to take our chains off and put them in a pot of molten paraffin wax (not Euro Paraffin). Big fire hazard ONLY DO THIS OUT SIDE AWAY FROM ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO BURN UP.

That sheeeet squeaked in the rain even worse.

No there is absolutely nothing I prefer to the 10wt oil.
Finishline DRY is next best. The stuff does work and doesn't create a clean up problem. It is a very clean bicycle chain lube (doesn't fling off. doesn't attract and trap grit).

When I look at the preposterous price per ounce compared to the 10wt by the five gallon barrel. I have to laugh out loud. Finishline CERTAINLY has a sense of humor !

I’m on the coast as well
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I'll see your salt air
and raise you : all year commuting in Rocky Mountain Winter salted streets. ;)

hahahaha . . . just fooling around. Way to go putting on all those miles !
I used to ride . . . now I just commute. Commuting isn't REAL riding.
Cheers !
 
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For what it is worth I go even lighter weight machine oil for my knives. Starrett Instrument oil.
I don't use the Dri Slide in my knives; this is an old photo from a past thread.
The knife shown is a ball bearing flipper.
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Wowbagger said:
I may be old school but from my perspective TriFlow IS a mainstream bicycle lube.
I will say that one that I hate even more is White Lightening (though I think they changed the name ). Awful stuff, builds up all over the place (people seem to put it on with a bucket) and after all that it squeaks in the rain.
Silly stuff.
I'm so old school I can remember when we used to take our chains off and put them in a pot of molten paraffin wax (not Euro Paraffin). Big fire hazard ONLY DO THIS OUT SIDE AWAY FROM ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO BURN UP.

That sheeeet squeaked in the rain even worse.

No there is absolutely nothing I prefer to the 10wt oil.
Finishline DRY is next best. The stuff does work and doesn't create a clean up problem. It is a very clean bicycle chain lube (doesn't fling off. doesn't attract and trap grit).

When I look at the preposterous price per ounce compared to the 10wt by the five gallon barrel. I have to laugh out loud. Finishline CERTAINLY has a sense of humor !


I'll see your salt air
and raise you : all year commuting in Rocky Mountain Winter salted streets. ;)

hahahaha . . . just fooling around. Way to go putting on all those miles !
I used to ride . . . now I just commute. Commuting isn't REAL riding.
Cheers !
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I used to live in the Rockies and remember the salted roads.
Cars rusted faster in the Rockies than on the coast.
Real stuff.
Don’t ride anymore.
Too many people fidgeting on their phones while they drive nowadays.
Lost two vehicles to texting drivers.
Pretty sketchy to ride on the road anymore.
 
Molten wax chain dip / never seen it done etc.
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Chucktabulous said:
Me either.
He made me feel not quite as old as my body is.
That doesn’t happen very often anymore.
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You're not missing anything.
Yes texting and the internet has ruined my sport and my livelihood.
The upside is I can buy the very best tools from around the world which are not stocked locally . . . no not by a lorry load.
For instance I was working on a mechanical job and had to use a Security Torx bit for the first time T20.
The cheep knock off Harbor Freight bit set that the owner of the business supplied crumbled and collapsed without loosening one fastener.
I ordered a bag of five T20 good German made Wiha torx bits, at you all's recommendation, I figured I would still go through two or more bits before I got all ten fasteners loosened and then back together.

One bit ! ! ! !
One bit did it all with no damage to the bit ! ! ! !
I would not have found Wiha bits locally.
 
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