Olive oil for the gears and chain?

[Accy cyclist]

Not just olive oil but extra virgin olive oil. I couldn't find my bike lube yesterday,so i put a spoonful of the stuff on the chain and gears. It stopped the squeaking and grinding,giving a smooth running sound. Have any of you used it on your tackle and if so what do you reckon?

 

[slowmotion]

You are Marlon Brando and ICMFP.

 

[Accy cyclist]

ICMFP.

Who or what is ICMFP. Slowmo?

 

[slowmotion]

Who or what is ICMFP. Slowmo?

https://www.allacronyms.com/_internet_slang/ICMFP

 

[raleighnut]

You are Marlon Brando and ICMFP.

Close but that was a pat of butter as I recall.

Not just olive oil but extra virgin olive oil. I couldn't find my bike lube yesterday,so i put a spoonful of the stuff on the chain and gears. It stopped the squeaking and grinding,giving a smooth running sound. Have any of you used it on your tackle and if so what do you reckon?

Campagnolo runs better on it I think.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Not just olive oil but extra virgin olive oil. I couldn't find my bike lube yesterday,so i put a spoonful of the stuff on the chain and gears. It stopped the squeaking and grinding,giving a smooth running sound. Have any of you used it on your tackle and if so what do you reckon?

It will attract dirt really well, but it's probably fine as a fallback when you have no chain oil.

 

[slowmotion]

Close but that was a pat of butter as I recall

It was a spectacularly tedious film, wasn't it? Dreadful really.

 

[Accy cyclist]

It will attract dirt really well, but it's probably fine as a fallback when you have no chain oil.

i think all he lubricants i've used over the years have attracted dirt. I don't think it'd be bad for the chain and gears as it's obviously not bad for our digestive system.

 

[slowmotion]

Accy, are you going to wipe off the excess oil and add it to your beef stew?

 

[Custom24]

I don't think it'd be bad for the chain and gears as it's obviously not bad for our digestive system.

By the reverse reasoning, I think I will put some Finish Line on my salad for lunch

 

[Deleted member 23692]

For the full Italian experience you could use Tagliatelle for bar tape.

 

[S-Express]

Not just olive oil but extra virgin olive oil. I couldn't find my bike lube yesterday,so i put a spoonful of the stuff on the chain and gears. It stopped the squeaking and grinding,giving a smooth running sound. Have any of you used it on your tackle and if so what do you reckon?

Fair play, just when I think your questions couldn't get any more preposterous, you always manage to find a better one...

 

[alicat]

Just pop by the doctors and mention you've been considering using washing up liquid in a front loader, adding dog food to your stew, buying a car when you need a bus pass for your poor visibility, trespassing at your ex-wife's and putting olive oil on your bike chain ...

 

[alicat]

For the full Italian experience you could use Tagliatelle for bar tape.

Don't forget it has to be fresh egg tagliatelle not the dried stuff.

 

[Drago]

Olive oil isn't much use, but baby oil rubbed in by Andrea Riseborough is just great!

Edit - oh, on the bike. I see. That sort of tackle.