chain scrubbing

[gbs]

As usual I have not been able to resist new tech, new to me that is. So I now have 2 bikes with conventional lubed chains and 2 with waxed chains.

Before buying a scrubber (no obvious cracks please) I want to understand the next steps after scrubbing a lubed chain. Will a simple drip feed of lube suffice or will a bike shop have a more thorough process?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Dont overthink this. Clean your chain, then put a bit of oil on it. There's nothing more to it than that. Yet, all sorts of advice and remedies will soon follow.

 

[fossyant]

Don't mention the oil needs to be olive oil grown on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius

 

[EckyH]

Will a simple drip feed of lube suffice or will a bike shop have a more thorough process?

No. Perhaps.
Cleaning a chain with a rag is generally a good idea before applying new lube.

I assume that you want to migrate to waxed chains.
In my experience the "special process" of degreasing the oiled chain in several steps followed by hotwaxing is the "gold standard".
Meanwhile I successfully applied the following for bikes with used and oiled chains: give them a wipe with an old rag, just lube them generously with drip wax and just repeat the cleaning and waxing from time to time. Over time the water in the drip wax emulsion and rain will wash out the original oil based lube and you'll have a waxed chain.

E.

 

[Sharky]

When I was a bit more active than I am now, I would replace the chain/cassette in the spring, after the bad weather had finished. Then enjoy a healthy transmission through the summer months.

 

[wafter]

If your post is made from the perspective of cleaning oiled chains to move to wax, personally I'd not bother as I've found that despite many shakes in the paraffin jar the previously-oiled chains still contain / shed a lot of metallic contamination during the waxing process.. so I'd just run them until dead then fit new waxed items.

 

[Punkawallah]

Are you -licensed- to lube chains? ;-)