Loobman chain oiler...

BillR · 08-13-2010, 03:11 PM

Installed a LoobMan oiler a couple of weeks ago...
It's a system where you manually squeeze the oil into the delivery tube and uses a double-sided head to get the oil onto the sprocket/chain.
So far, very pleased with the way it works.
Anyone interested, the name is the link to the company and they're only about $30 shipped.

I didn't feel like bending wires to hold the delivery head, so I hijacked a bracket idea...hey, it's the "Chinabike" way

This one is approx 4cm long on each arm, drilled for M-6 bolt to fit the hugger mounts, the end that holds the wire is drilled for whatever I had laying about in the "surplus parts" bin...

Here's what it looks like under the hugger. A couple of cable ties keep the tubing out of the chain run...
I installed the bracket between the hugger and mounting plate.

This is the rim after 2 applications, 430 miles and a run in the wet for about an hour (the rain had stopped, just wet roads). This is actually not as much fling off as when I "gingerly" applied oil on manually using a brush or drip can.

I give it a squeeze when I fill up the tank (more often than I did using a lube can). I just fill up the larger catch tube. The first squeeze of this trip, the rim was clean and I saw very little fling off when I stopped 10 miles into the ride for a pic. All the oil had dispensed from the tubing and the links were just glistening with a film of oil.
I've got to give the chain a good cleaning (shoulda done that anyway :08: ).

08-13-2010, 03:11 PM	#1
BillR Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 588	Loobman chain oiler... Installed a LoobMan oiler a couple of weeks ago... It's a system where you manually squeeze the oil into the delivery tube and uses a double-sided head to get the oil onto the sprocket/chain. So far, very pleased with the way it works. Anyone interested, the name is the link to the company and they're only about $30 shipped. I didn't feel like bending wires to hold the delivery head, so I hijacked a bracket idea...hey, it's the "Chinabike" way This one is approx 4cm long on each arm, drilled for M-6 bolt to fit the hugger mounts, the end that holds the wire is drilled for whatever I had laying about in the "surplus parts" bin... Here's what it looks like under the hugger. A couple of cable ties keep the tubing out of the chain run... I installed the bracket between the hugger and mounting plate. This is the rim after 2 applications, 430 miles and a run in the wet for about an hour (the rain had stopped, just wet roads). This is actually not as much fling off as when I "gingerly" applied oil on manually using a brush or drip can. I give it a squeeze when I fill up the tank (more often than I did using a lube can). I just fill up the larger catch tube. The first squeeze of this trip, the rim was clean and I saw very little fling off when I stopped 10 miles into the ride for a pic. All the oil had dispensed from the tubing and the links were just glistening with a film of oil. I've got to give the chain a good cleaning (shoulda done that anyway :08: ).
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