Originally Posted by
roadcrankr
Maybe somebody will flame me here, but I never cleaned or stripped a new chain before applying dry lube.
Thirty year user of White Lightning Clean Ride, with a full application every hundred miles.
In fact, I typically ride (always outdoors) my first couple hundred solely with the new chain's original lube. YMMV
You can do that but the chain does run a little dirtier. It’s cleaner than oil but it’s dirtier than if you strip the factory lubricant and
then use White Lightning. I, too, am a 30 year user of White Lightning and discovered this little trick just a few years after starting to use it.