Depends on the conditions and the type of riding you do.BigEZbentman said:What is the best lubricant to use on chains?
For dusty conditions a Moly based dry lube works fine, a little noisier however.BigEZbentman said:What is the best lubricant to use on chains?
I don't like moly for two reasons:cjengineer said:For dusty conditions a Moly based dry lube works fine, a little noisier however.
I use it and haven't had any problems with moisture. Of course I don't live in Seattle either. After application just wipe off the excess. What is inside usually stays inside, and there is no collection or buildup of crud. http://www.russack.com/view_doc.php?view_doc=9&PHPSESSID=cdad361b2e44a42ee7c9f9feace9e974Slugster438 said:I don't like moly for two reasons:
---one is that I have been told (online) that it attracts moisture, so it is only really good as a lubricant for a piece of machinery that will always remain warm-to-hot. The places I read it were firearm and airgun forums, but reports of its use were pretty much the same. Of course nobody ever said that moly was suppposed to be a water-repellant, but it still doesn't weather as well as a lot of other lubes.
---the other is more practical, all the moly lube I have seen was jet black, and it STAINS everything it gets on. If it gets on your skin it will wear off eventually, but if you get it on your clothes it won't come out.
Teflon-based lubes are easier to live with, the teflon powder is usually white or clear, and doesn't suffer the water problems or the staining problems.
I use Tri-slide on my chain, but first time I used it I had the bike sitting on the asphalt driveway, and the overspray of the tri-slide left a big semi-permanent stain on the asphalt. (I prefer chain lubes in dropper bottles for this reason)
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Last summer I had contact with my bike chain manufacturer after one of the side plates cracked. They had a recall on certain date codes of the PC-41 chain. Mine was not covered by the recall, but after some wear measurements by my LBS, SRAM agreed to replace mine too.BigEZbentman said:What is the best lubricant to use on chains?
I use white lightening. It is more of a wax. Whatever you use make sure you clean the new chain well to remove the heavy grease. I just used simple grean and a chain cleaner. Hope that helps.BigEZbentman said:What is the best lubricant to use on chains?
Rock 'n' Roll is good.BigEZbentman said:What is the best lubricant to use on chains?
TMQ Doc:thetmqdoc said:I use white lightening. It is more of a wax. Whatever you use make sure you clean the new chain well to remove the heavy grease. I just used simple grean and a chain cleaner. Hope that helps.
What do you use on yours? I did the same thing to my road bike when I got it new and have never had a problem. I guess I never thought about it.Tackdriver56 said:TMQ Doc:
I would recommend checking the chain manufacturer's instructions for cleaning and lubrication. SRAM wants that "heavy grease" to stay right where they put it. They do have a motivation to sell chain, but they sure treated me well by replacing mine when it broke.
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