[Demonskid]

(Just to put out there, The Pervert is telling me to use Veggie Oil, we haven't gone to the bike shop yet xD I hope they tell him he's an idiot)

I haven't rode my bike in the past 6-7 years. One reason is that I've been unsteady on one since my bike wreck down in NC where I couldn't walk for a few week and it hurt to breath, and my writs years later has problems. The other reason was the back break.

Well after watching this one anime, I got in the mood to bike. i took the opportunity to pump the tires when Pervert came over.

(for those who don't know me, pervert is a family friend who does sick things in front of us, no matter how much we complain. If he didn't help us out with food when we needed it, he would have been gone a long time ago. We're currently planning to move out of state to get away from him, and other problems)

Well Tires all pumped up, i tried riding it. I was shaky but that was expected. The real problem was the back break.

Well we decided we'll take the bike to a bike shop next week. I mentioned getting the bike shop to oil the chain. The jerk goes 'just use veggie oil'. I flipped. 3 in 1 oil was bad enough on my last bike. it gummed up so bad and left white residue everywhere... After researching on the bike forums, it turns out Veggie Oil gums up worse then 3 in 1!

I would rather spend the 5-10$ on a proper Dry Lube for bikes then possibly ruining my bike with veggie oil.

I don't have the skill nor patience to take apart the gears and derailleur and what not just to clean out the gunk the veggie oil will leave. With a proper bike lube, all you do is take a cloth and clean out the old lube and then add on the new lube. the lube wont gunk up.

And if I did use that veggie oil, not only would it get all gunky, it would attract dirt and bugs. thats even more stuff to clean off. and if all that happens while your riding, your chain is probably gonna pop off or worse.

Why does this person think that just because it is called 'Oil' you can use it for anything? ._. there are pro's and con's to each oil.

Just like with a car, you need an oil that doesn't gum up so much. You won't be putting a bike oil, or veggie oil in your car would you? No! You'll go to the car shop, or car section of the wal-mart and get a car oil like Pennzoil or what ever.



And someone who can't even keep his car out of the work shop for more then 2 months, has no right to tell me how to take car of a simpler contraption as a bike! Since he won't like me get the guys to oil and clean the chain for me, I'll be getting me some Finish Line next month. =/ I refuse to use veggie oil, and 3 in 1 isn't coming ANYWHERE near my bikes again.

Just looking at the comments on biking forums makes me quiver. I told this to one of my friends on another website, they looked up the wiki but that wiki only had the 'good' stuff about using veggie oil. It didn't have any of the cons like gumming up so bad and fast that you'll have to take the bike apart just to clean it. Or how it would attract bugs and dirt. Or the fact that if it's been raining, that stuff will come off the more wet it gets. it's not good for wet conditions. I wouldn't be able to ride my bike during the winter with veggie oil. And since you need the oil on bikes to last.. something that is biodegradable isn't what should be put on a bike anyway.





Sorry I had to rant.

[Ginger]

Yeah, I'd avoid that bike shop like the plague. That guy seems lazy.
"Oh just go home and use veggie oil (mainly because I'm too effing lazy to use the recommended oil we have here, even though that's a part of my job description)"

(I would never use Pennzoil for my car btw.. I use Castrol GTX)

[Coda]

Erf, and this guy works at a BIKE SHOP? Good grief, that's cause to go to the manager -- that guy is not only an idiot that's going to damage the customers' property, he's a bad employee for failing at an upsell.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Oh the many ways this is true! Even if one reads just the title of the thread. (The upsell comment made me laugh, but also true.) Good for checking before taking any of that guy's advice. I keep thinking about getting a bike. My old one is too heavy and the spokes have rusted off the wheel so I need a new one. While it's true that one doesn't seem to forget how to ride a bike, one can get really bad at it.

[Demonskid]

xD no no!! it's the PERVERT Telling me to do this, he works in construction.

We're gonna take the bike to a bike shop but pervert wont let me ask them to oil the chain and told me to use Veggie Oil instead.

[Yokuutsu]

Unless the pervert is paying for this, go to the bike shop and get them to oil it while he isn't around.

Or kill him and feed him to alligators.

[Lucid:]

I second the alligators plan. :3

On a serious note, I'm glad to hear you guys are planning on moving away!

[Demonskid]

Lucid: planning.. thats the big word of it. ;-; I doubt we'll be able to save the 3,500$ needed for it.

Yokuutsu: he's paying for it, and it's too far away for me to take it there myself so ._. he's the only way to get it fixed. I'm just gonna order a can of bike lube. I like the alligator plan but there are none here x"D

[Lucid:]

Yeah, planning is definitely the big word, but I am sure it would be totally worth it to sacrifice in the short term to save up the money and move, which will be a lot better for you in the long term. <3 I know your financial situation isn't ideal, but I know it would be so awesome if you could move out of state.

[Demonskid]

ouo you could all send me money to help! x'D

Well! Bike is at the bike shop. I go to the bike dude:

"Do you have any proper bike oil, cause some silly person told me to use veggie oil on my bike and i don't like the sound of it."

The guy looks at me and goes:

Noooo don't use veggie oil! That absorbs water!

x'D hahaa i turn to pervert and he has this nasty look on his face. Their bike lubs were expensive though. 8$ for a tiny bottle ._.,

They pulled out this can and said it was good for every part of the bike and it was 7$ so i might get that.


My bike tires weren't on right (I KNEW IT! D<) The dude said they were on crooked and pervert didn't hear that, he heard that the rim was bent.. =/ how he heard that i dunno.

The back break isn't on right.. and the place that assembled the bike never oiled the break line so it doesn't work right. shoulda had him check gear line as well x'D but pervert was looking pissed ._.,

[Yokuutsu]

Go look in the sewers. There might be an alligator there...OR GO TO A ZOO! He could trip and fall in there!

I will not state whether I condone feeding alligators people food, but it's an option.

And your pervert sounds like my mother/brother.

[Demonskid]

i hope your mother/brother isn't anything like him Yokuutsu! ;-;

[Espy]

Psst, feeding him to the wolves will do just fine, too. Or the foxes.

[Demonskid]

o3o the best i can do is the wild cats and racoons here where i live

[Lucid:]

A lot of my friends' pets were eaten by cougars when I was younger. Feed him to the cougars!!! >:D

[Demonskid]

xD don't have those here either!

I'll send him to lucid so she can do as such =p