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[–] jodanlime@midwest.social 33 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Turbo Kid has a lot of bikes

[–] s1ndr0m3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I loved Turbo Kid. Its such a great post-apocalypse film. But I couldn't help but wonder how they kept the bicycle chains lubricated.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Bike chains can retain up to 82% efficiency completely unlubricated, though they slowly take damage.

Weird factoid about chains

I've also successfully lubricated one using vegetable oil in an emergency, it worked shockingly well

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've used WD40 on a bike chain before. It's amazing how angry that made the bike techs at my local shop. I suspect vegetable oil would make them kill and eat me.

[–] jodanlime@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

Vegetable oil is relatively safe, if a bit messy. WD40 actually has solvent in it that can damage plastic and other synthetic materials.

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