Chain lube or oil on tyres, good idea?

[Fisty]

Since someone thinks it has no ill effects, what's your lots view?
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[Nobby the Bastard]

I do know that oil coming out of the rubber is actually what gives you grip but I'm pretty sure it's not the same as your typical motor oil.
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[Fisty]

[pepperami]

Riding/staying upright and oil on tyres = not plausible
Filling the tyres with water instead of air is another good idea.

I find that covering myself in cooking oil helps moving around on the saddle without any ill effects
Loosening the spokes is a good idea also
Welding the sprockets on thier shaft rather than bolting them on is the way forward as well.
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[MarJay]

I've had contaminated tyres in the past which I've attempted to clean with brake cleaner. If it's light misting and isn't left on the tyre then it can be cleaned off.

If it's proper deep contamination the tyre is never the same. Anyone who claims otherwise is in cuckoo land.
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[1198]

If I got a bit on by mistake I’d mop it off sharpish but wouldn’t worry too much - however I seem to manage to apply it to the chain and only the chain quite successfully to be honest!

[kramdra]

I do not get oil on the tyre when oiling. It flings onto the tyre whilst riding. It gets about 2" onto the tyre.

You will say I put too much, but for what disadvantage? Used engine oil is free and I have no problems with grip. My chickens are nornally nothing to boast about but they are usually smaller on the left side. There is one disadvantage. Oily dirt is Sticky. Stickier than shit and it builds up eveywhere it lands. Cleaning the wheel/swingarm is a pain.

What do I gain by using "too much"? The chain stays cleaner. Dirt is flung off with the oil. I never clean the chain, chain lasts for ever.

[FretGrinder]

[sickpup]

The advice you give scares me in that someone might actually listen to you. Whenever you get pulled on something you deny it even though you wrote it and don't have the intelligence or even the care to edit what you initially said.

For example...

[kramdra]

No, I have not changed my story. Ive said I dont deliberately squirt oil at the tyre. Parking is not when oiling.

Most oil that gets on my tyre is from chain fling, but yes I might occasionally park in some. I leave the containers - large takeaway trays and a sheet of cardboard, and occasionally spill a bit when I reverse bike into garage.

Either way, I am happy with it. I know how much grip I have and it is not dangerous.

[Hong Kong Phooey]

Oil on the road combined with water is worse than oil sprayed on a tyre, oil on a tyre doesn't lie there waiting to suddenly surprise you, in a big gloopy patch, it tends to be spread quite thin so there's not lots of layers of molecular chains to slide past each other. I'm talking chain fling amounts.

The other day about 250ml mysteriously shot out of the dipstick onto the tyre, and all over my leg, left peg and gearchange. Nothing to do with me being a dipstick and forgetting to screw it back in honestly.

I was more bothered about loss of grip on the pegs than the tyre. But saying that I rode cautiously and washed it off as soon as possible.

Basically given any kind of choice, then it's a no from me.
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[notbike]

I usually wipe engine oil over my whole front and rear tyre before a ride. It helps a lot to go faster.

Edit:

To actually be serious, I've accidentally got a tiny bit of chain lube on my rear tyre before. I've just dabbed it off with a microfibre and then used a bit of brake cleaner. I've then leaned all the way over to the edge and it hasn't once thrown me off.

[kramdra]

Brake cleaner should not be used on tyres, it does disolve rubber and is unessasary. The best way to remove is with a cloth or something absorbant. Or go for a ride.

[MarJay]

[Nobby the Bastard]

To be honest theres a high proportion of people on here that seem to have some sort of condition that affects their behaviour adversely.
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[MarJay]

[notbike]

I only ever used brake cleaner on the tiny spot that I got the chain oil on without rubbing and spreading it everywhere. I figured if it doesn't make brakes slippery then it won't make my rear tyre slippery.

The rubber has been fine since. I've leaned to the edge on the road and on track and nothing has ever happened.

[MarJay]

[kramdra]

Yes it will flash off quickly but it is still not a good idea. It would take large/repeated amounts to do noticable damage to a new tyre, much less on an old worn out tyre.

7 out of 22 for "Meh a little will not matter", not quite what you were hoping for Fisty?

[Nobby the Bastard]

[MarJay]

[kramdra]

It is not enough to care about. It wears off pretty quick, so yes I consider it "a little".

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Fisty]

[kramdra]

We will see then. As I have been oiling my chain in this way since 2012, it must be about time some oil thows me down the road

Marjay, the childish use of caps does not change the fact you are wrong. Strong solvents, used repeatedley can damage the structure of a tyre, can cause invisible damage and could fail. Oil may reduce grip, but not with the amounts possible from chain fling.