Good Chain Lube??? Mines WD40. :P
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Any product from Silca has been rigorously tested and their lubes are the best in the industry. https://silca.cc/collections/chain-lube-wax
I've just got a new bike and been riding it with the factory grease for the first couple of hundred kms. Even riding on good dry roads it's already starting to look like a sticky, black, oily mess. Tomorrow I will clean it up and convert it to Silca wax and all will be good
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Listen, folks. I settled this a long time ago.
NFS is the best lube. Period.
NFS is the best lube. Period.
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Yeah, I've been using Silca Super-Secret drip-on wax for about a year now and it is excellent. Easy application, low wear, quiet, no mess. It scored very highly in Zero friction cycling's lab tests too, which is what first prompted me to give it a try. Before that I was using Squirt, which is quite similar but doesn't penetrate the chain links as easily as the Silca SS.
I've just got a new bike and been riding it with the factory grease for the first couple of hundred kms. Even riding on good dry roads it's already starting to look like a sticky, black, oily mess. Tomorrow I will clean it up and convert it to Silca wax and all will be good
I've just got a new bike and been riding it with the factory grease for the first couple of hundred kms. Even riding on good dry roads it's already starting to look like a sticky, black, oily mess. Tomorrow I will clean it up and convert it to Silca wax and all will be good
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Even used cooking oil is better than the blue can WD40
WD40 is an anti-seize. To be a good anti-seize, it must turn into a very thick, gummy sludge after some time, great to prevent bolts from sticking together permanently. But also makes it a very poor lubricant.
WD40 is an anti-seize. To be a good anti-seize, it must turn into a very thick, gummy sludge after some time, great to prevent bolts from sticking together permanently. But also makes it a very poor lubricant.
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No. It isn’t. It is a lubricant in a solvent, just like oil based bicycle lubricants…even to the same proportions. Look at the SDS for WD-40 and the SDS for just about any other chain lube and you’ll see the same or similar CAS number for the constituents in the mixture.
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Every time one of these chain lube threads come up, I think about all the crap my dad lubed my bike chains with as a kid. Everything from 30 weight motor oil, WD-40, silicone spray to 3-in-1 oil. He used everything but bacon grease; he saved that for frying taters.
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No. It isn’t. It is a lubricant in a solvent, just like oil based bicycle lubricants…even to the same proportions. Look at the SDS for WD-40 and the SDS for just about any other chain lube and you’ll see the same or similar CAS number for the constituents in the mixture.
Well if it is a lube, then it's the only lube I know that turns into sticky, messy, gummy thing after many days.
Mineral engine oils on the other hand will turn into black, messy grease after many days but not sticky nor gummy. Even used cooking oil will not turn into sticky gummy mess. If I was given only two choices, between WD40 and used cooking oil, I'll choose used cooking oil.
I'm not promoting either situation. Nothing beats a clean chain. A clean chain is the ONLY way to have long chain and cassette life.
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Mineral engine oils on the other hand will turn into black, messy grease after many days but not sticky nor gummy. Even used cooking oil will not turn into sticky gummy mess. If I was given only two choices, between WD40 and used cooking oil, I'll choose used cooking oil.
I'm not promoting either situation. Nothing beats a clean chain. A clean chain is the ONLY way to have long chain and cassette life.
But I also want to dispel some of the misunderstanding of what WD-40 is and isn’t.
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I like the dry lube from Muc-off. It comes with a slight hint of banana for some reason but the most important thing is that it's dry lube and doesn't attract that much much to your drivetrain
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This ^ 100%
That's where oil based lubes fail for me. With the drivetrain fully exposed, the oil soon gets contaminated and quickly turns into a messy black grinding paste. Wax based lubes keep your drivetrain much cleaner with none of the oily mess.
That's where oil based lubes fail for me. With the drivetrain fully exposed, the oil soon gets contaminated and quickly turns into a messy black grinding paste. Wax based lubes keep your drivetrain much cleaner with none of the oily mess.
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I switched from MSW to Silca melted wax with liquid touch-ups. Awesome product.
In defense of the bacon fat crowd, I did a tour once where it rained every day. I ran out of oil. I switched to extra virginal olive oil for a few days until I got to a town. It worked. Optimal? Who knows. But the chain lasted the tour.
In defense of the bacon fat crowd, I did a tour once where it rained every day. I ran out of oil. I switched to extra virginal olive oil for a few days until I got to a town. It worked. Optimal? Who knows. But the chain lasted the tour.
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Three chains in rotation all waxed with Silca Secret Wax.
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+1 on Rock 'N Roll Gold. Since landing on this as my bike lube of choice I haven't looked back.
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What we didn't do, however, was clean the chain. Ever. Eventually the chain and gears became black, oily messy things which I am certain were slowly destroying themselves with the thick, grimy oily mess. Limestone dust + oil was particularly tacky and I am sure did little good to the chains!
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For the past few years I`ve been using Synthetic Gear Lube with a little STP added.
I have a few old, empty 3- In- 1 containers that I add it to. It makes for easier application.
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I found this to be the worst lube I've used, used it a few times and had the noisiest drive train everytime, sounded like the chain was completely dry. Switched to Muc Off C3 Ceramic which IMHO is the best dry lube I've used.