REVIEW
off easily with a rag , and that , to me , is just a sign that my flow rate may be a little high .
3 ) How can an oiler “ clean your chain ”? The Scottoiler branded oil is specially formulated to lubricate your chain , but also to fling off , taking any grit with it . You may find the underside of your chain guard accumulates a fair amount of oil and grime , but if you run a Scottoiler , it just becomes part of the cleaning process . It all washes off pretty easily with some soap and water .
4 ) With a continually oiling system , it must fly through the oil right ? Not really . In 12 months of use , and almost 20,000km of tar-seal and gravel riding , I ’ ve used 300ml of oil from the 500ml bottle I got to remember to lube the chain at all . Literally , the only thing I need to do is check the level of oil in the reservoir , and keep an eye on my chain slack . I ’ m prepared to live with any minor oil spots , which aren ’ t much , and they clean off with a rag , or when I get around to washing the bike anyway . It saves me heaps of time , and that ’ s something I really like . Now , having used a Scottoiler , I would really find it annoying to go back to manual chain maintenance . Update : I ’ ve now clocked up 24,000km with the Scottoiler installed , and only just used up the first bottle of oil ( 500ml ). The chain is getting a little noisy , but still perfectly rideable , which in itself is pretty amazing given that , apart from adjusting the flowrate occasionally ,
Model : Scottoiler X-System 2.0 Price : $ 449 See more : www . eurobike . co . nz with the system . That ’ s pretty reasonable . I was going through 3-4 cans of chain lube per year previously . You do need to stick to only using Scottoiler branded oil as other brands of chain lube will have different viscosities and won ’ t flow or work the same . The pictures show the state of my chain after 12 months of continual use , and I ’ m pretty impressed . I love not having to lay on my garage floor and scrub my chain every couple of months , and I really appreciate not having adjusting the chain slack and refilling the reservoir , I ’ ve not done a single bit of extra chain maintenance . I can ’ t speak to how the chain was maintained for the first 1800km of the bike ’ s life , but since then it ’ s purely been the Scottoiler . So I think that ’ s pretty good . I ’ ll probably look to replace the chain and sprockets at around 30,000km , mainly because they ’ re noisy , but currently there are no stiff links , and all is healthy and happy .
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