prolink chain lube

[bobg]

I really am most impressed by this and I've tried pretty much all the other stuff. It seems to wash all the muck out and dry clean and sparkly, the drivetrain is totally silent.... and thats a first. Ill
let you know after a coupe of weeks of riding if theres a downside. Its very windy and sandy round here so it'll get tested to the max

 

[Dave5N]

<innocent>Have you tried oil? </innocent>

 

[swee'pea99]

I have to say Prolink came as a total revelation to me. I came across it after someone recommended it on a usenet group and right from the first few seconds I thought 'wow, this is different'. As you say, super-smooth and very quiet. Great stuff. If others prefer oil - or nothing - no skin off my nose. Personally I think it's the best fiver you can spend on your cycling by a country mile.

 

[Abitrary]

I used to use it because they reckon it's 'self cleaning', which are magic words that stimulate the lazy parts of our brains.

It's OK, but you have to keep applying it, so it's bad value for money - and it's expensive anyway. I think it's designed for machinery that needs maximal uptime, but you must keep applying it if it's going to work.

I just use normal thick stuff like finish line wet lube and wash the chain occasionally.

 

[swee'pea99]

'self cleaning'? Is it? I'd no idea. I use it because it makes my bike run really smooth and it doesn't collect crap off the road and make everything go black and gunky. As for expensive, a £5 bottle lasts me a year+ (and I use it for most of my other bits & bobs lubrication too - brakes, shifters), so it doesn't exactly break the bank.

 

[Abitrary]

It will cost more through cassette and chain wear in the long run unless you apply it after every couple of rides.

 

[swee'pea99]

Sorry, I really can't be having with a slanging match over this but that's total cobblers. I ride 75 miles a week give or take on London roads in all weathers, apply every three or four weeks (with the odd 'extra' if there's been really crap weather) and my chains and freewheels last years/thousands of miles.

 

[Dave5N]

Black and gunky isn't necessarily bad!

 

[Abitrary]

If you applied a decent oil lube you'd be doing those 75 miles a lot faster. Prolink is like crack cocaine - an initial rush and then a comedown.

But yes, I can't believe I'm arguing about this either. I just read some of the 'do you lube your chain' thread with a furrowed brow, and I can't believe I was actually expecting to learn something from it.

 

[Dave5N]

Ah, all those long words. Stick at it, you'll improve as you go along.

 

[Bodhbh]

Currently trying it, but given it's thin consitency and fact it doesn't seem to pick up crap it's very easy to lather it on and it's not cheap. Will how it goes anyhow.

 

[swee'pea99]

FWIW Bodhbh (and there's a keystroke combo I don't use a lot) when I apply it I hang my bike up from the front wheel (on 'er indoors's planter holder, as it happens) so the chain's nearly vertical, then dribble from the top end, so stuff that dribbles thru' hits the next link rather than the ground. Works for me...

 

[Dave5N]

clever stuff!

 

[bobg]

[quote name='swee'pea99']FWIW Bodhbh (and there's a keystroke combo I don't use a lot) when I apply it I hang my bike up from the front wheel (on 'er indoors's planter holder, as it happens) so the chain's nearly vertical, then dribble from the top end, so stuff that dribbles thru' hits the next link rather than the ground. Works for me...[/quote]


Hmm damned clever, and I thought I was tight ... picking up the postmans used elestic bands. My Prolink came with a syringe and it took 2 fills to clean/lube the chain but as I said, I'll see how it goes.

 

[Bodhbh]

[quote name='swee'pea99']FWIW Bodhbh (and there's a keystroke combo I don't use a lot) when I apply it I hang my bike up from the front wheel (on 'er indoors's planter holder, as it happens) so the chain's nearly vertical, then dribble from the top end, so stuff that dribbles thru' hits the next link rather than the ground. Works for me...[/quote]
Ah not bad idea. Live in a shared house and do the bike stuff in the hall so it was already causing dribble on the carpet issues.