battered
Guru
It's a forum favourite, my choice is regular applications of light oil. Wherever I go my bike is permanently slathered in gunge. Dirty water, grit and mud are fed off the front wheel and sprayed onto the chain as it goes round the sprockets. Everything but everything gets washed off and that which doesn't gets turned into grinding paste and rubbed round. With light oil you can give it a weekly hose (the more the merrier) and keep a thin film of oil on the moving parts so there's a fighting chance of having some lube there. The fancypants lubes IMO do the same job but are subject to the same problem of being bathed in grit every day. Keep slapping on the oil.
