Dry Lube.

[Drago]

I use beef dripping.

And gear oil.

 

[Cycleops]

Thanks guys, that's very useful. I had heard chainsaw oil recommended before but I guess that's because of its high viscosity?
I'm currently using 50SAE motor oil so I may as well continue with that, cleaning as much as I can from the outside of the chain.

 

[Katherine]

You need to reapply dry lube more often than you realise or you will find yourself riding on a dry chain which isn't good.

 

[S_t_e_v_e]

I've been using Squirt. It's been good through the summer - including a 90 miler on the trails. I apply it before most big rides and will try it this winter. Very happy so far...

 

[Salty seadog]

I use muck off wet lube on all bikes at all times. I thought I'd try the dry offering and lets just say I only used it once. It didn't take that long into a ride for the chain to start chattering. I like a silent drivetrain as I'm sure we all do.

 

[keithmac]

I work on motorcycles and never seen any good results with dry lube personally.

We use TL-45 in the workshop and it's an excellent lubricant but may be too sticky for bicycle chains. If you lube a dry lubed chain with it you can instantly hear and feel the difference.

My commuter runs a Gates carbon belt, just because I can't be bothered to faf with chains in my spare time.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

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I've been using Squirt. It's been good through the summer - including a 90 miler on the trails. I apply it before most big rides and will try it this winter. Very happy so far...

Absolute rubbish. After 30kms your chain sings like a cage full of canaries. It gums up everything and is impossible to remove.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I work on motorcycles and never seen any good results with dry lube personally.

We use TL-45 in the workshop and it's an excellent lubricant but may be too sticky for bicycle chains. If you lube a dry lubed chain with it you can instantly hear and feel the difference.

My commuter runs a Gates carbon belt, just because I can't be bothered to faf with chains in my spare time.

That, but many people are so mechanically unsympathetic they cannot hear the difference.

 

[MrPie]

Use dry lube on my best bike and it does gum up the rear mech - recently had some poor shifting and the amount of gunk that I had to scrape of the mech cogs & chain rings was surprising. I'll prolly finish off the bottle of dry lube in the next wee while and change back to wet in due course. Was worth a try, but not too impressed with dry lube

 

[S_t_e_v_e]

Absolute rubbish. After 30kms your chain sings like a cage full of canaries. It gums up everything and is impossible to remove.

Interesting.... I've used dry lubes and indeed, they've not lasted a single ride before being noisy. The Squirt stuff is different. Keeps everything far cleaner, no noise even after big rides (longest is 90 mile at the moment). I'm happy with it so far... Any squeaks and I'll be back to wet lube, I like a quiet drive chain too.

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

When a 10-speed was "posh", 3-in-1 did a sterling job

You could even pour it into the oil caps in your hubs

 

[mjr]

Completely OT, but just for future reference - the legend of that graph means absolutely nothing to me.

My eyesight isn't great either but I use an app: I think the first four captions belong to the lines with the high ends left to right in sequence and the short line is purple (grease). Did you guess right?

 

[I like Skol]

I want to know what happened to the grease chain? It didn't reach the required elongation so either the experiment was abandoned early for some reason or is still in progress?

 

[adamhearn]

I personally always use Finish Libe Dry; I had no idea I was so against the crowd

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Use dry lube on my best bike and it does gum up the rear mech - recently had some poor shifting and the amount of gunk that I had to scrape of the mech cogs & chain rings was surprising. I'll prolly finish off the bottle of dry lube in the next wee while and change back to wet in due course. Was worth a try, but not too impressed with dry lube

Me neither. The wax stays on the chain and mechs and attracts a lot of dirt.