Wet and Dry Lube - What are you using?

[Ming the Merciless]

Haemorrhoid cream.

Do you apply it and then run the chain through your cheeks to get it on the chain?

 

[Mike Ayling]

Squirt brand dry type lube

 

[sevenfourate]

Drip Wax (Tru Tension BananaSlip or Squirt) a lot less hassle than full wax to setup but has a lot of the benefits, principally everything is cleaner and things last longer.

I’d be interested in how you use the BananaSlip - as that’s what my LBS stocked / recommended to me (The Tungsten version I linked to above) Ie: Did you attempt to ‘strip’ the chain before first application, and if you do that again before each re-application - and of course what you use to do that / try to then ensure you’re not applying the wax over any type of oil based stripping product you’ve used for getting the chain clean ?

 

[chriswoody]

Well by the time I get to work today my lubes going to be pretty wet along with the rest of me by the look of it!

In all seriousness though I do use Finish Line wet lube. Like most others, I wipe the chain down with an oily rag then drip on some lube to each roller, went a short while then wipe off the excess, job done. I experiment with other lubes and methods from time to time, but in I keep coming back to this because it just works for year round riding on road and off.

 

[Chief Broom]

Good old 3 in 1 every 150 miles or so my regime is clean the chain through a rag then apply oil and wipe of excess. Ive read that too much oil is a mistake and can attract dirt.grit etc but dont see how a minimum of oil would be effective. I go for applying lots of oil using it to clean as well as lubricate before removing excess. Chain longevity is very good and im not going to be converted by any new fangled super expensive high tech scented banana flavoured less fattening variety any time soon.

 

[raleighnut]

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Well by the time I get to work today my lubes going to be pretty wet along with the rest of me by the look of it!

In all seriousness though I do use Finish Line wet lube. Like most others, I wipe the chain down with an oily rag then drip on some lube to each roller, went a short while then wipe off the excess, job done. I experiment with other lubes and methods from time to time, but in I keep coming back to this because it just works for year round riding on road and off.

My friend Kirsten lives in Hannover

 

[mickle]

I watched this American fellow's excellent You Tube video of his comparative test of several chain lubes a few months ago, in which MucOff Dry Lube won hands down. I've been using it for years, so was very happy that it came out on top, (and ahead of some much more expensive competition).


View: https://youtu.be/FbFNrnQ4QUo?si=ZB13rL_4I016JLBa

 

[gavroche]

Chainsaw Chain Oil

Isn't that a little bit too "oilly" ?

 

[raleighnut]

Isn't that a little bit too "oilly" ?

I use the time honoured method of oiling the chain then running it around the sprockets for a couple of minutes then wiping the excess off by rubbing it through an oily rag known on here as the @mickle method* (much to his dismay)
You don't want oil on the outside so much as between the rollers and plates.

* I've been doing this for over 50 years on any of my bikes ever since the old fella down the road showed me how mind it was with 3in1 back then and 'fully bushed' chain on an SA hub

 

[HLaB]

I’d be interested in how you use the BananaSlip - as that’s what my LBS stocked / recommended to me (The Tungsten version I linked to above) Ie: Did you attempt to ‘strip’ the chain before first application, and if you do that again before each re-application - and of course what you use to do that / try to then ensure you’re not applying the wax over any type of oil based stripping product you’ve used for getting the chain clean ?

About once every few months or when new I first do my regular muc off spray and wipe with a wet wipe, then I spray my chain down with Peaty's foaming degreaser and wipe it off with a baby wipe. Before doing my regular muc off and wipe again. In between it's just the singular regular weekly muc off and wipe, and in good weather it can be several weeks.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Isn't that a little bit too "oilly" ?

You don’t need much and it lasts ages inside those rollers. Just be sure to wipe off the excess. The viscosity is just right, and you can always add a lower viscosity oil to adjust. Just check what ISO viscosity your oil is.

 

[gavroche]

You don’t need much and it lasts ages inside those rollers. Just be sure to wipe off the excess. The viscosity is just right, and you can always add a lower viscosity oil to adjust. Just check what ISO viscosity your oil is.

I shall give it a try next time I oil my chain

 

[geocycle]

Pro link gold here. A bottle lasts a very long time applied with an old pipet.