sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
..........chain / drive-train lubrication.
Apologies if this is the 4-trillionth thread on it. But having quite a few bikes, and hoping to do alot more riding this year - i'd like to not be 'maintaining' in every spare interim moment
I've religiously been using Tru-Tension Bannaslip with Tungsten for a couple of years (?). Came recommended and is pretty highly rated [4.4/5 on amazon]. After cleaning up old. application of new and drying the drivetrain sounded GREAT. Quiet, slippery etc. And lasted for 100-150 miles before i could hear the difference. No huge issue as i'm a serial cleaner. So a quick wipe / re-lube was not too much hassle once i already had the bike upside-down. **It went on / was kind of a Grey colour; but by 100 miles was pretty 'Black' - and i'm not sure if a component of it was Oil-based. But it soon changed colour. Indicating it was changing / picking up dirt etc
https://www.amazon.co.uk/BananaSlip...9103880789-B07TWG1KTT-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1
So before i went on Holiday i literally stripped the chain completely, 100% thoroughly cleaned the rear sprocket / front mech with spirits until spotless - and then lubricated with some Weldtite Dry Wax - which again had good reviews and i happened to have some i didn't know about [4.4/5 on Amazon]
https://www.amazon.co.uk/WELDTITE-D...19666-B00WKRC4FU-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1&th=1
I came back from Hols and did a 50km / 31m ride on Tuesday in the dry. And 25 miles commuting yesterday - so 56 miles total. And the chain sounds dry / noisy as heck compared to when freshly lubed. Surely this can't be normal / expected so quickly ?
*I may be getting close to new chain time (?). I'm imagining from looking at Strava mileage records; this one could have done around 1500 miles. Most of that in Winter. So i'm probably going to change that regardless at the weekend. **Rear sprocket and crank sprockets are both newer than the chain.
But how many (Predominantly 90% dry) miles should i see before seeing / hearing / noticing serious degredation of chain lubrication ?
Any / all / every thought and suggestion appreciated
Apologies if this is the 4-trillionth thread on it. But having quite a few bikes, and hoping to do alot more riding this year - i'd like to not be 'maintaining' in every spare interim moment
I've religiously been using Tru-Tension Bannaslip with Tungsten for a couple of years (?). Came recommended and is pretty highly rated [4.4/5 on amazon]. After cleaning up old. application of new and drying the drivetrain sounded GREAT. Quiet, slippery etc. And lasted for 100-150 miles before i could hear the difference. No huge issue as i'm a serial cleaner. So a quick wipe / re-lube was not too much hassle once i already had the bike upside-down. **It went on / was kind of a Grey colour; but by 100 miles was pretty 'Black' - and i'm not sure if a component of it was Oil-based. But it soon changed colour. Indicating it was changing / picking up dirt etc
https://www.amazon.co.uk/BananaSlip...9103880789-B07TWG1KTT-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1
So before i went on Holiday i literally stripped the chain completely, 100% thoroughly cleaned the rear sprocket / front mech with spirits until spotless - and then lubricated with some Weldtite Dry Wax - which again had good reviews and i happened to have some i didn't know about [4.4/5 on Amazon]
https://www.amazon.co.uk/WELDTITE-D...19666-B00WKRC4FU-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1&th=1
I came back from Hols and did a 50km / 31m ride on Tuesday in the dry. And 25 miles commuting yesterday - so 56 miles total. And the chain sounds dry / noisy as heck compared to when freshly lubed. Surely this can't be normal / expected so quickly ?
*I may be getting close to new chain time (?). I'm imagining from looking at Strava mileage records; this one could have done around 1500 miles. Most of that in Winter. So i'm probably going to change that regardless at the weekend. **Rear sprocket and crank sprockets are both newer than the chain.
But how many (Predominantly 90% dry) miles should i see before seeing / hearing / noticing serious degredation of chain lubrication ?
Any / all / every thought and suggestion appreciated
I clean my chain n sprockets after every ride and couldnt say how long before it started to sound 'graunchy' but would guess it might be getting dryish after 150 miles or so. My current chain has done about 6k with my OTT cleaning regime and has no measurable wear im wondering how long it will last! 
