Fancy lube

[lejogger]

I normally lube my chain with Finish Line Dry. Do I need anything more fancy if I've upgraded to a mech with ceramic jockey wheels?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

No

 

[lejogger]

No

Cheers GC

 

[GrumpyGregry]

btw you do know you are already using fancy lube ... ?

 

[lejogger]

btw you do know you are already using fancy lube ... ?

Ok, let me rephrase... A specific lube for ceramic jockey wheels. I've noticed that there's a ceramic wax lube on the market.

 

[ianrauk]

Ok, let me rephrase... A specific lube for ceramic jockey wheels. I've noticed that there's a ceramic wax lube on the market.

It's for the chain. It wont make a blind bit of difference to your ceramic jockey wheels.
However ceramic wax lube for the chain is imo the best you can get.

 

[lejogger]

It's for the chain. It wont make a blind bit of difference to your ceramic jockey wheels.
However ceramic wax lube for the chain is imo the best you can get.

Ah ok... So there's actually ceramic particles in the lube/wax itself, it isn't specifically for ceramic components...

I'm just eager to ensure I maximise the life of the components by treating them correctly.

 

[grumpyoldgit]

If there were ceramic particles in there ,it would act like valve grinding paste.

 

[lejogger]

If there were ceramic particles in there ,it would act like valve grinding paste.

Ceramic WAX Lube

...Finish Line’s Ceramic-WAX is an advanced wax-based lubricant featuring nano-sized platelets of ceramic boron nitride and micron particles of fluoropolymer. Ceramic WAX creates a coating with an extremely low coefficient of friction. Every time Ceramic WAX is applied, the ceramic coating is enhanced, ultimately providing the durability of many oil-based lubricants! Ceramic WAX ensures total drivetrain cleanliness without the ‘distance’ compromise that other wax lubricants require...

 

[grumpyoldgit]

Ceramic WAX Lube

...Finish Line’s Ceramic-WAX is an advanced wax-based lubricant featuring nano-sized platelets of ceramic boron nitride and micron particles of fluoropolymer. Ceramic WAX creates a coating with an extremely low coefficient of friction. Every time Ceramic WAX is applied, the ceramic coating is enhanced, ultimately providing the durability of many oil-based lubricants! Ceramic WAX ensures total drivetrain cleanliness without the ‘distance’ compromise that other wax lubricants require...

Run that by me in English.
Any hard particles,other than balls in a race,or similar,will act as an abrasive,or they will be that small as to act as pseudo science.

 

[lejogger]

Run that by me in English.
Any hard particles,other than balls in a race,or similar,will act as an abrasive,or they will be that small as to act as pseudo science.

That was just the blurb from their website.

I may be wrong, but it smells suspiciously like bullish!t to me

 

[smokeysmoo]

You're already being too fancy. Save £££'s and get a bottle of chainsaw oil, simple

 

[fossyant]

You're already being too fancy. Save £££'s and get a bottle of chainsaw oil, simple

Just regular grease on the ceramic bearings, if you can service them at all !. My Ultegra and Dura Ace Jockey's run on ceramic bushes, and I just put a blob of grease in them once in a blue moon (remove from cage, take off end caps, clean out, blob grease on, and refit)

 

[GrumpyGregry]

The lube you are using will be fine.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

ceramics are cycling's new snake oil.