Wilsons Sandbox

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "slaglelowell" wrote:

> > I've ordered new tires and tire irons. So I can prepare myself for > potential problems, I thought I'd change out the old tires for > practice. In some web pictures I've seen people use a sheet of something > (teflon or plastic?) to protect the rims. Do you folks have any ideas > or web sites that might have tutorials? Also I have a continuous chain. > How do you get a stiff fairly new chain off the rear sprocket? >

I don't bother to protect the rims...the way I ride that would just be silly so maybe someone else will help you out on that one. As for the chain... It shouldn't be stiff so lube it. Getting it off the sprocket is easy once you've pulled the axle. Just lift it off as you drop the wheel down and forward. da Vermonster

At 7:06 PM -0700 3/10/08, Ed Chait wrote:

>Secondly, if there are any safety issues associated with it's use, I would >rather re-beat a dead horse than risk someone getting harmed because they >missed a prior discussion.

Plain and simple, there are none. Sodium bicarbonate is an accelerator for the polymerization process as it provides a source of weak base ions for a Lewis acid-base complex faster than the OH ions do from the autoionization of water vapor during the normal, non-accelerated polymerization. The nitrile group is stable and stays intact on the ester backbone during this process. The sodium ion from the baking soda does not form toxic sodium cyanide. Mark