Date:         Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:01:49 EDT
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From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: speedo cable lube-able?
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In a message dated 6/9/05 11:45:45 AM, rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM writes:

<< Hello, I have heard that one can roll the cable in graphite. Dont know
where to get this though. >>

Anything can be lubricated.  Graphite, flaked or powdered, should be
available at a good Old School hardware.  It used to come in a plastic squeeze tube
with an integral nozzle.  Powered graphite is the trick lube for Pinecar Derby
cars, so Boy Scout shops have it (although at about 4 times the price because
they gotta get their cut).  If you happen to know anyone involved in foundry
work ask him for some, you'll probably get a gallon of the stuff in return.
Bike shops (not bicycle, REAL bikes) stock cable lube which is composed of
graphite suspended in a solvent vehicle which carries the graphite into the cable
sheath then evaporates leaving behind the graphite.  There is also a lock
lubricant which is the same deal as the cable lube, try a lock shop.

Georgie Boy