greasing a chain? a la contador

Gary Marshall
Gary Marshall Posts: 196
edited July 2009 in Workshop
reading on cyclingnews about contador's bike and its smooth set up they state that his mechanic oils the chain with a medium/light oil then greases it to seal it?

Anyone familiar with this method? is it lithium grease they use? It looks like he's using sapim lubricants fwiw.

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  • robbarker
    robbarker Posts: 1,367
    It could be subterfuge to fool his rivals into greasing their chains, thereby slowing them down ;-)
  • k-dog
    k-dog Posts: 1,652
    I saw someone did it in the TT too - I think it was Zabriskie.

    It would only seem to make sense on wet days - on a dry day if you're doing it each day (as the mechanics must do) you could use just about anything.
    I'm left handed, if that matters.
  • Gary Marshall
    Gary Marshall Posts: 196
    i remember reading that on wet stages/classics it's not usunual to grease up chains i just struggle with the thought of putting lithium grease on a chain? (and that's all i seem to see being sold nowadays)
  • majormantra
    majormantra Posts: 2,094
    Gary Marshall wrote:
    i remember reading that on wet stages/classics it's not usunual to grease up chains i just struggle with the thought of putting lithium grease on a chain? (and that's all i seem to see being sold nowadays)

    Any decent bike shop will have teflon grease which is far better than lithium for most bike uses.

    Matthew

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