Interesting article on using alternate oils for lubricating your chain.

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Dadam

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Which does not occur naturally on the Earth is mostly found as an oxide. What compound does your pro gold oil actually have in it? I can’t imagine a solid metal coming out the applicator very well.

None of my posts refer to this pro gold oil which I've never heard of.

The above article refers to molybdenum disulphide (MoS2). It's a fine powder delivered as a lube suspended in an oil or mixed into a grease or paste. It can be delivered via an aerosol solvent which evaporates leaving the moly particles on the metal. The idea is you then buff the moly into the metal. It is often called "dry slide" lube.

I don't use fancy chain lubes but I do have small quantities of moly lubes from fiddling with air rifles. I've never used it on a bicycle except some grease I used on bolt threads as it was handy. I do have a can of dry slide kicking about though which I've considered trying on a chain, but I doubt I'll bother.
 
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