Oring vs Non oring
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The "Good old days".
I had a Kwawka & ran it for 12 months on a standard chain on my 160 kay daily commute, but it needed maintenance every day.
What the 'O' ring did was to introduce a sealed link(s) with lube to extend chain life.
Wot you have probably noticed is how small the links are on our bikes, compared to the older variety (660 if my memory serves me) no wonder the bikes weighed in at over 200 kilos.
You can get away with a non 'O' ring, but why bother.
I seem to remember another good thing from the "Old days", & that would be the habit of even newish chains failing (lack of maintenance) & either burying itself in your crankcase (& maybe taking part of your ankle as it passed by) or as happened to me, wrapping itself around the rear sprocket, causing the rear wheel to lock (luckily for me I was only doing 70 kph, in the inside lane in peak hour traffic
)
I had a Kwawka & ran it for 12 months on a standard chain on my 160 kay daily commute, but it needed maintenance every day.
What the 'O' ring did was to introduce a sealed link(s) with lube to extend chain life.
Wot you have probably noticed is how small the links are on our bikes, compared to the older variety (660 if my memory serves me) no wonder the bikes weighed in at over 200 kilos.
You can get away with a non 'O' ring, but why bother.
I seem to remember another good thing from the "Old days", & that would be the habit of even newish chains failing (lack of maintenance) & either burying itself in your crankcase (& maybe taking part of your ankle as it passed by) or as happened to me, wrapping itself around the rear sprocket, causing the rear wheel to lock (luckily for me I was only doing 70 kph, in the inside lane in peak hour traffic
)
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