Wet lube vs. dry lube

iain_j
iain_j Posts: 1,941
edited April 2010 in Road beginners
What's the difference? I guess wet lube is more resilient in wet and mucky conditions, but why not just stick with that? What's the advantage of using dry lube in better conditions?

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  • alp777
    alp777 Posts: 211
    Wet lube will gather more dust, grit etc. dry lube won't.
  • Bunneh
    Bunneh Posts: 1,329
    Didn't know that, thanks Alp :)

    Did wonder why the sales guy said 'mmm you'll want dry lube now' before selling me some TFsomething or other.
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  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Cheers, I was wondering that yesterday when I was cleaning my bike, I wondered if the sticky mess on the chain was down to the wet lube (from Muc Off - hadn't used theirs before) or the grease that was on the new chain when I fitted it a few weeks ago.
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Yup, the gloopy winter stuff certainly attracts the muck.

    Luckily for me, my chain was worn out so I just binned it, black gunk and all.

    Couldn't bring myself to put the nice new shiny one onto a mucky cassette, so I thought I'd give it a clean. Surely easier If I take it off the wheel?
    Seconds later I'm juggling a handful of sprockets and spacers into a tray of paraffin.

    Soon had them all shiny and sparkling, and back on the freehub in the right order.

    Which left the chainrings looking a bit grimy. It's a triple, so some nooks and crannies are pretty inaccessible with the thing on the bike. HTII cranks come off with just an allen key, so soon these too are heading for the paraffin.

    So my 5 minute job turned into an hour or so, but everything is sparkling and clean now. And looking at the gunk in the paraffin, the bike might be 50g lighter too.

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