Green Oil, any good?

[palinurus]

It smells nice.

Enya fans could probably use it as massage oil or for aromatherapy.

 

[the_mikey]

Green oil is OK, not quite as long lasting as finish line wet lube.

 

[winjim]

I've used the green oil grease. It has a bit of a funny consistency but seems to perform fine. Also used their degreaser which seems adequate.

 

[Davidc]

I'm sure green oil works fine. I don't think my 100ml a year of Finish Line dry for two bikes is my greatest contribution to polluting the environment so I'm not changing any time soon. (And I sometimes like listening to Enya).

 

[semislickstick]

I've used it, worked fine, the degreaser/chain cleaner works(used in a chain cleaner tool) and smells lovely!
The grease isn't vegan btw, it had beeswax in a few years ago, I don't know if that's changed. I notice they sell recycled brushes, I've found sometimes that can mean hog hairs!
I'm using Pedro's GO! which is another vegan/green oil, works great.

 

[crdf]

I've been looking at the label (still haven't tried that lube), and was wondering if I can drink it, until I saw this:
"Do Not Dink (Though naturally sourced, Green Oil is a bike lubricant, not a smoothie)"

How disappointing!

 

[John the Monkey]

Used it since Finish Line stopped making Pro Road Ceramic.

It goes on both the fun bike and the commuter, and it seems good on both.

Has a nice smell too, although it doesn't complement the subtly floral topnotes of GT85 too well in that respect.

In summary, I think Green Oil is a cheeky, insouciant oil, well suited to lubricating the chains of discerning cyclists, regardless of their ethical outlook. Five stars, would buy again.

 

[LisaTheCyclist]

I've used it, worked fine, the degreaser/chain cleaner works(used in a chain cleaner tool) and smells lovely!
The grease isn't vegan btw, it had beeswax in a few years ago, I don't know if that's changed. I notice they sell recycled brushes, I've found sometimes that can mean hog hairs!
I'm using Pedro's GO! which is another vegan/green oil, works great.

Yes! I love the smell of the degreaser too, I use it with the brush, which is vegan btw.

 

[palinurus]

I've been using it on my commute bike all winter, it's been fine.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I've been looking at the label (still haven't tried that lube), and was wondering if I can drink it, until I saw this:
"Do Not Dink (Though naturally sourced, Green Oil is a bike lubricant, not a smoothie)"

How disappointing!

I was looking at the label, and thought that Lord Kitchener did a lot of pointing in his day.

 

[recumbentpanda]

Meh, you cycling petrol heads need to update your erroneous stereotypes. We cycling environmental activists never wear tie dye, (unless it's a really class Japanese shibori) aromatherapy etc is for non-evidence based living types, and you can't go down that road if you want to have serious fun arguing with trolls about climate change. Also, why would I hug a tree? You could hurt yourself like that! And just what is this Enya thing? Isn't that some kind of motorcycle? Why would I want to listen to a motorcycle? Of course, all the petrol head chainsaw oil using cyclists wear camel car coats, tweed caps and string back gloves, and have those little air freshener trees hanging from the handlebars . . .

 

[LisaTheCyclist]

[QUOTE 3527024, member: 9609"]One of the main selling points is reducing the amounts of pollutants that get into the environment - some oil will inevitably come off your chain and potentially damage the environment. So presumably they are aiming at the MTB enthusiasts as it would be ludicrous to worry about tiny spots of oil from your chain on a main road.
I would have thought if you really care about the wild places, then don't take a bike there, and certainly don';t wash the entire bike by submersing it in a mountain stream as the plonker in their advert is appearing to do. WTF is he doing?
http://www.green-oil.net/environment.html[/QUOTE]

but if you do want to take a bike to wild places, doesn't it make sense not to pollute it more than necessary? I would guess the picture is just to show the products..but maybe it's green enough to actually wash your bike in wild rivers..

 

[Arjimlad]

Picture in my mind of washing my bike in wild river next to the Timotei lass...

 

[themosquitoking]

Meh, you cycling petrol heads need to update your erroneous stereotypes. We cycling environmental activists never wear tie dye, (unless it's a really class Japanese shibori) aromatherapy etc is for non-evidence based living types, and you can't go down that road if you want to have serious fun arguing with trolls about climate change. Also, why would I hug a tree? You could hurt yourself like that! And just what is this Enya thing? Isn't that some kind of motorcycle? Why would I want to listen to a motorcycle? Of course, all the petrol head chainsaw oil using cyclists wear camel car coats, tweed caps and string back gloves, and have those little air freshener trees hanging from the handlebars . . .

Never thought of that, I thought it was London that smelled but it's my bike.

 

[oldroadman]

Diesel. Works fine. Clean chain and transmission. Lubricate with tiny amount of diesel using small brush. Forget for a while. Cheap and efficient. Now you can all throw environmental stones at this old bloke. What do I know after more years in the game than some people have lived? But I'm open to be convinced.