Good Grease/Oil for chain

relanium
relanium Posts: 487
edited August 2010 in Workshop
Can anyone recommend me a good grease/oil for my chain, it's running quite dry.
Thanks.

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  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    forum search is your best bet - this topic regularly gets beaten to death over multiple pages here...
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    relanium wrote:
    Can anyone recommend me a good grease/oil for my chain, it's running quite dry.
    Thanks.

    I don't think that there is a BAD grease or oil you can put on a chain. Use what you have.
  • lae
    lae Posts: 555
    ^ don't use vegetable oil or WD40!

    I get a 1ltr bottle of thin car gearbox oil from my local motor factor. Works just as well as any other oil in my experience, plus it's quite literally a tiny fraction of the cost of stuff from the bike shop.

    Whatever oil you use, do make sure you clean it properly. When I started working in the bike shop, the old mechanic told me that if I wouldn't put it in my mouth, it wasn't clean enough.
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    use beef dripping, Its free when you have a roast. car oil is relatively expensive.
  • balthazar
    balthazar Posts: 1,565
    frinkmakesyouthink wrote:
    When I started working in the bike shop, the old mechanic told me that if I wouldn't put it in my mouth, it wasn't clean enough.
    ¿Que?!
  • therichieboy
    therichieboy Posts: 58
    Clean it, gt85 it, wipe it, dry it, wax it.
  • topdude
    topdude Posts: 1,557
    GT85 or WD40 on a cloth, run the chain through it both directions, repeat until the chain is nice and clean.
    Lube it with oil, 3in1, engine oil, bike specific oil (more expensive) and wipe off any excess :D
    He is not the messiah, he is a very naughty boy !!
  • lae
    lae Posts: 555
    balthazar wrote:
    frinkmakesyouthink wrote:
    When I started working in the bike shop, the old mechanic told me that if I wouldn't put it in my mouth, it wasn't clean enough.
    ¿Que?!

    Yeah he was a dirty old man.

    Thankfully, I suppose.

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