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Chain-Lube Creeping Toward $10,000 A Barrel

May 19, 2008 on 3:45 pm | In Abstractions | No Comments

I just looked up at the TV and there was another story on CNN Headline News about how oil has reached another record high price per barrel.. Eeek!

Which got me thinking…(double eek) I wonder how much a barrel of chain lube would cost? Aren’t you glad you’re not haunted by these painful errant cycling thoughts all day? Well, the bottle of Finish Line in my backpack has a price tag that says $6.99, or roughly 7 bucks for a 120ml bottle of Finish Line lube. According to one of the ka-gillion website calculators out there, there’s 42 gallons or roughly 159 liters in a barrel.

My crain is brampin’ right now. Okay. Focus. Focus. How much would a barrel of Finish Line cost? (picture a hamster running on a squeaky drum-treadmill between my ears)

At the rate of $7 for 120ml Finish Line, you’d pay $58.33 for a liter of Finish Line. If Finish Line were available by the barrel, 159 liters, you would pay $9274.47 for a barrel-full of slippery happy bike goodness. Holy crapoli!

Oh you want gallons? You are so not Euro. Send back that Quick Step team kit right now! For the metric system snubbing general public, Finish Line chain-lube costs $224/gallon.

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