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I promise you will over lube with that.
T.K.'s "fine string" method is the best if you have a steady hand. Just start rotating the chain while you apply a very thin stream to the outer plates and than repeat for inner plates. He and I both agree that if you do that it will equal approximately5 or 6 drops which is generally enough for a freshen up.
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GRAVELBIKE
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I usually just show it the bottle and the chain quiets down on it's own. :)
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Tom Kellogg
Anyone in or near the Lehigh Valley in eastern Pennsylvania, your source is South Mountain Cycles in Emmaus. Ask for Heather or Mark.
Good to know. Besides the fact that I'm sick and tired of using pro gold, I need an excuse to head up there and check out the trails. When this snow melts, maybe I'll take a drive... sometime in august maybe?
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Are there any bike shops in the DC area that are stocking NFS?
Thanks!
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Too Tall
Cool. Thanks!
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Jeffrey Borisch
RE: NFS application technique
I usually just show it the bottle and the chain quiets down on it's own. :)
The Chuck Norris of chain lube!
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Too Tall, do you have a list of shops that carry NFS that you could cut and paste in here? or maintain on the world wide web somewhere? Since NFS is on the up and up, some might find a list helpful.
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Just had a Duhhh moment. There I was cutting a set of spokes for a new pair of Record / Nemesis wheels when I was about to re-lube my Phil spoke cutter with my old bottle of Tenacious oil. After all, it's great stuff and has worked for decades and thousands of wheels worth of spokes. So I grabbed one of my NFS bottles, used about two and a half drops to re-lube the whole thing. HOLY SMOKES this thing works way better now! Shocking difference. Just sayin'. So for those of you who have Phil spoke machines or almost any other type mechanical devices, go at it. Make your life easier.
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Thanks for the heads up Devlin. I really like that e-publication, they do a great job.
F.Y.I. all orders shipped today! Thanks everyone.
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Too Tall
Thanks for the heads up Devlin. I really like that e-publication, they do a great job.
F.Y.I. all orders shipped today! Thanks everyone.
TT, how can one place an order from overseas (Australia)?
I am not able to finalize my order through you online store as shipping overseas is not available.
Can you help me?
Thanks,
Goran
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Goran, Give either Devlin or myself a yell, we can help you out.Bill
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kaaos
TT, how can one place an order from overseas (Australia)?
I am not able to finalize my order through you online store as shipping overseas is not available.
Can you help me?
Thanks,
Goran
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progetto
Goran, Give either Devlin or myself a yell, we can help you out.Bill
Thank you,
I am sending you and Devlin an email now.
Looking forward to trying this lube
G
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Thanks gents for the pickup.
I'll re-enable OZ shipping after my OZ stockists are resupplied.
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kaaos
Thank you,
I am sending you and Devlin an email now.
Looking forward to trying this lube
G
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TT, any shops in the UK stocking NFS?
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I just ordered two bottles of NFS for my wife and her 2 girlfriends to use on their TransAmerica bike ride this spring.
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Dave Thompson
I just ordered two bottles of NFS for my wife and her 2 girlfriends to use on their TransAmerica bike ride this spring.
I'll look for that. If they come thru DC I'll set them up in front of the white house lawn with beers and sparklers.
Paul, no UK shops thus far. Help me crack the code! If you order, send me a note and I'll chuck in a few sample bottles to be used for good or evil.
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Ok TT will do, most (all!) of the bike shops around here are the homogenised big brand type of place so I don't know how much interest there would be.
One of the local shops, have developed their business extensively over the last few years and have quite a strong on-line/mail order presence, so the entrepreneurial spirit is there and some sort of distribution arrangement may be of interest to them, I'll mention it to the lads next time I'm in.
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Solid. Thanks Paul.
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Paul
Ok TT will do, most (all!) of the bike shops around here are the homogenised big brand type of place so I don't know how much interest there would be.
One of the local shops, have developed their business extensively over the last few years and have quite a strong on-line/mail order presence, so the entrepreneurial spirit is there and some sort of distribution arrangement may be of interest to them, I'll mention it to the lads next time I'm in.
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Is anybody in the Bay Area carrying it?
I've ordered some, but I expect I'll need to get more, someday -- and to be able to point others to where to find it, if I find myself evangelizing it like people seem to.
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phutterman
Is anybody in the Bay Area carrying it?
I've ordered some, but I expect I'll need to get more, someday -- and to be able to point others to where to find it, if I find myself evangelizing it like people seem to.
Belissimo Phutterman. If you ordered this week shoot me a note, I'm shipping tomorrow and will slip a few sample size bottles into your order to be used for swaying Local Bike Shops. Give it to the mechanics, sit back and watch what happens. They appreciate that it makes bike chains very quiet and if they ride, most do, shop owners trust their mechanics or they SHOULD!
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Yay, ordered a bottle! ...which will force myself to wash my poor, filthy bike.
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Kat
Yay, ordered a bottle! ...which will force myself to wash my poor, filthy bike.
Why ???
It's just going to get dirty again .......
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Bonus. Everything shipped this morning. If you get a "NFS Not For Resale" sample bottle please consider giving it to a shop with my contact info. or to a pal who will appreciate. Gorilla Marketing, it's what's for lunch.
Best, Josh
PS - Phutterman, you got some extra sample bottles.
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In my continuing efforts to cause Toots to drain his supply of NFS lickity split, I'll give all of you another use for this versatile stuff.
Now I know that most of you VS contributors, lurkers and trolls roast your own coffee, just like we do here at SPECTRUM CYCLES UNIVERSAL GALACTICAL. And since the most common home drum roaster is the Behomr 1600, I'll give all of you a little tip. I am sure that you are all frustrated with the dry bushing in the little DC control area cooling fan. You know what I mean since all of you use a Behmor. Anyway, it is a quick fix to remove the right side panel of the unit with a #3 phillips head driver. Once that's off, use that same phillips head driver and remove the four screws that fasten the little fan to the side cover. When you get the cooling fan off, you will notice a little stick-on cover on the back side of the fan body. Carefully peel the cover back until you have access to the fan bushing. Apply as small a drop of NFS onto the bushing as you can and stick the cover back on. Reassemble the Behmor and you are ready to roast in silence again.
So, since there are thousands of VS members out there and each of you has a Behmor, I figure that you will now go and use thousands of drops of NFS when you get home this evening. Josh's ability to keep all of you supplied will be really put to the test. So go home, get to work and then order more NFS. Drink coffee and have a nice day.
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Too Tall
Bonus. Everything shipped this morning. If you get a "NFS Not For Resale" sample bottle please consider giving it to a shop with my contact info. or to a pal who will appreciate. Gorilla Marketing, it's what's for lunch.
Best, Josh
PS - Phutterman, you got some extra sample bottles.
Will definitely be letting some lube-obsessed coworkers try it out. One dude is known to hoard bottles of things he likes (lubes, mastik one) under his bench, so.....
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Too Tall
Belissimo Phutterman. If you ordered this week shoot me a note, I'm shipping tomorrow and will slip a few sample size bottles into your order to be used for swaying Local Bike Shops. Give it to the mechanics, sit back and watch what happens. They appreciate that it makes bike chains very quiet and if they ride, most do, shop owners trust their mechanics or they SHOULD!
Sorry I was slow on the uptake but you figured me out! I just got mine and the sample bottles and I'll definitely pass them along to mechanics/shops who seem like they'd be receptive. Thanks!
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Lube on bike, sample of lube in the back, on one mechanic's bench or another. Thanks for the quiet ride home.
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Kat
Lube on bike, sample of lube in the back, on one mechanic's bench or another. Thanks for the quiet ride home.
You rock. Thanks for the report.
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My NFS order just arrived in OZ! Fantastic logistics. Look forward to trying it out.
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I'll add my praise to the chorus. It's March in Massachusetts, so the roads are salty, sandy, wet and generally disgusting. A full bike rinse is needed after every ride. I had resigned myself to my lube wearing out after 90 minutes in this crap, but NFS has raised my spirits. I applied it wrong/lazy (wiped but didn't clean my chain before applying), and even after a couple of 3 hour rides, it's running smooth. I rinse my bike after the ride, wipe the chain (but don't reapply), and it's looks fantastic. My quality of life just went up.
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Now that made my day :)
HEY!!! EVERYTHING SHIPPED!!!
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I'll add my praise to the chorus. It's March in Massachusetts, so the roads are salty, sandy, wet and generally disgusting. A full bike rinse is needed after every ride. I had resigned myself to my lube wearing out after 90 minutes in this crap, but NFS has raised my spirits. I applied it wrong/lazy (wiped but didn't clean my chain before applying), and even after a couple of 3 hour rides, it's running smooth. I rinse my bike after the ride, wipe the chain (but don't reapply), and it's looks fantastic. My quality of life just went up.
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Any shop in Los Angeles area carries this?
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foon
Any shop in Los Angeles area carries this?
Nooope. Want to earn yourself a lifetime supply? (hint hint).
FWIIW NFS is going to start marketing a wee bit more broadly this year so it will start to appear in LBS across the USA g-d willing and the creek don't rise ;)
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Calling for all NFS ride and race pictures. We would like your pictures of you or a teammate racing or riding. Richard Sachs and Mike Z's CX teams both use the stuff and we have some real knuckleheads riding and racing in amazing events. Post your pictures here AND if you are willing to let me use the images send me high quality .jpg or .tiff file.
Bad@ssery happens, let's cover it with NFS ;)
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Finally got around to converting my 29er over to SRAM bits, and used NFS on the bare-metal shifter cables. Definitely made a difference in smoothness compared to un-lubed cables. (I run Shimano SP41 housing). Good stuff, this.
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So I have been well stocked at the shop now for a few months with NFS. I have been using it on all new bike, drivetrain cleanings and most repairs. This stuff is legit. Quiet drive trains and nice clean looking chains. Had people stop by looking for it specifically. It's a win-win situation. I don't grab any other chain lube off the bench. And I'm still on the first bottle! Stuff just does it. I'm happy. Thanks!
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Awwwww shucks :)
Hey, hope to be at your shop for the PR party.
"And I'm still on the first bottle! " <<<< This may prove to be my undoing. After less than two years selling NFS we are only now seeing individual re-orders. Shop orders are nice and steady.
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bicimechanic
So I have been well stocked at the shop now for a few months with NFS. I have been using it on all new bike, drivetrain cleanings and most repairs. This stuff is legit. Quiet drive trains and nice clean looking chains. Had people stop by looking for it specifically. It's a win-win situation. I don't grab any other chain lube off the bench. And I'm still on the first bottle! Stuff just does it. I'm happy. Thanks!
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Yep. I'm about 9 months in on three bikes and other stuff and only at about a half bottle used so far.