Garfield Cat

Now you done it. Let's hear from SRAM, and the others. Be it as it may, I suspect that many brands that are sold at local bike shops don't really have the engineers to formulate much of anything that's not already available at the industrial level manufacturers.

This part [The main reason we use liquid chain lube, whether it is one that stays liquid or a dry lube that has a solid lubricant in a liquid carrier (like a PTFE lube) is because we need to get the lube on a part that is not accessible without disassembling the chain.]

Manufacturers big enough do have this capability: CRC, LPS,. Interesting enough WD40 is located in San Diego and appears to be a type of marketing company. Now that's one company that I would like to investigate (interview) to see just how much actual technical work they do, and even what brands they manufacture under different labels.