Enjoyable to see a good ol Schwinn being given a second chance on life. I’d love to see a time lapse on bringing the original paint back. Maybe a pneumatic buffer with compound, polish and wax?
I thought about it but that is definitely beyond my skill level at this point... I ended up disassembling the bike but I probably should have kept the frame to have a go at that. Could be a future project?
White lithium grease will do in a pinch but its not a good lube for bicycle components and chains. Grease and lubricating oil are quite different, lithium grease is very sticky and attracts dirt compared to a chain lube. Not the stuff you have in your video but WD40 does makes a good chain lube spray but its a bit expensive. For the money I use Liquid Wrench on my bicycles, it's cheaper than WD40 Chain Lube or the lubes you find in a bike shop. Even the bicycle specific chain lubes you get in the bike section at Walmart are more expensive than Liquid Wrench which is found at auto parts stores, hardware stores, Harbor Freight and I think at Home Depot. I was in the bicycle rental business for years so price and performance were very important.
This is also really good to know because I am never really sure what to use on things like derailleur pivets and jockey wheels... the spray grease idea came from watching GMBN videos on youtube. Recently I've moved more towards the idea of less is more and I haven't really been lubricating anything except for freeing things up with WD40 and using chain lube on chains where I mostly use Finish Line 2step or some kind of dry lube. I like the Liquid Wrench idea though.
@@spinningtrue I use WD40 to clean parts only, then I wash the parts to remove the WD40 and use "chain lube." Think of WD40 as a solvent not a lubricant. On these old bikes forget dry lubes and anything lithium based. You seem to want to keep things simple, use WD40 when needed to clean and free stuck parts (not as a lubricant) then I would get a spray "chain lube." Chain lubes are specifically formulated and the label will actually say "chain lube". WD40 can be used in a pinch as a lubricant but it is very light and mostly evaporates quickly and doesn't have the staying power on moving parts to lubricate well. Like I already said and you acknowledged get some Liquid Wrench Chain Lube, they make many products and their specific Chain Lube is marked on the label. All bike manufacturers and bike shops use petroleum based lubricants. Lithium based products and petroleum products don't mix well so why introduce it into the mix.
Enjoyable to see a good ol Schwinn being given a second chance on life. I’d love to see a time lapse on bringing the original paint back. Maybe a pneumatic buffer with compound, polish and wax?
I thought about it but that is definitely beyond my skill level at this point... I ended up disassembling the bike but I probably should have kept the frame to have a go at that. Could be a future project?
White lithium grease will do in a pinch but its not a good lube for bicycle components and chains. Grease and lubricating oil are quite different, lithium grease is very sticky and attracts dirt compared to a chain lube. Not the stuff you have in your video but WD40 does makes a good chain lube spray but its a bit expensive. For the money I use Liquid Wrench on my bicycles, it's cheaper than WD40 Chain Lube or the lubes you find in a bike shop. Even the bicycle specific chain lubes you get in the bike section at Walmart are more expensive than Liquid Wrench which is found at auto parts stores, hardware stores, Harbor Freight and I think at Home Depot. I was in the bicycle rental business for years so price and performance were very important.
This is also really good to know because I am never really sure what to use on things like derailleur pivets and jockey wheels... the spray grease idea came from watching GMBN videos on youtube. Recently I've moved more towards the idea of less is more and I haven't really been lubricating anything except for freeing things up with WD40 and using chain lube on chains where I mostly use Finish Line 2step or some kind of dry lube. I like the Liquid Wrench idea though.
@@spinningtrue I use WD40 to clean parts only, then I wash the parts to remove the WD40 and use "chain lube." Think of WD40 as a solvent not a lubricant. On these old bikes forget dry lubes and anything lithium based. You seem to want to keep things simple, use WD40 when needed to clean and free stuck parts (not as a lubricant) then I would get a spray "chain lube." Chain lubes are specifically formulated and the label will actually say "chain lube". WD40 can be used in a pinch as a lubricant but it is very light and mostly evaporates quickly and doesn't have the staying power on moving parts to lubricate well. Like I already said and you acknowledged get some Liquid Wrench Chain Lube, they make many products and their specific Chain Lube is marked on the label. All bike manufacturers and bike shops use petroleum based lubricants. Lithium based products and petroleum products don't mix well so why introduce it into the mix.