White flecks

rpeders3 · Post by **rpeders3** » December 31st, 2009, 11:47 pm

Does anybody here have white flecks (small pieces of the white nylon seat rollers) on the monorail after exercise?

jamesg · Post by **jamesg** » January 1st, 2010, 6:02 am

Mine are black and make the ride bumpy: guess white will too. So I wipe them off with sweat and *** DELETE - SPAM *** paper. The origin is probably the lubricant fillers used in plastics, such as graphite or molybdenum disulfide.

PJM · Post by **PJM** » January 1st, 2010, 3:39 pm

I have black and silver flecks..

Pat

rpeders3 · Post by **rpeders3** » January 1st, 2010, 6:43 pm

Thanks for your comments.

Carl Watts · Post by **Carl Watts** » January 8th, 2010, 6:04 pm

My rollers are grey but you can end up with alot of black bits on the rollers and rail.

The best thing to use is a damp dish cloth and wipe both the slide and the rollers by putting the cloth over your finger and holding it against the roller in the 4 points and rolling the seat back and fourth.

The slide and rollers need to be kept spotless or they become noisey, bumpy and a source of distraction when rowing. I think most of the problem is from dust so if you have a cover for your rower it will be less of a problem.