Pro Teams use Grease on Chains?
Positive this has been asked a few thousand times, But I have read on more than one occassion of Pro teams using Grease on their chains during each tour stage's scrub down and mainenance:
1. Does any one know what sort of Grease they would use and what the benefits are of this treatment to conventional specific chain lubricants?
2. My final question, (which will no doubt raise a few differing responses) would be what is the best products to Lube/grease your chain with? I use wet/dry for winter/summer use, but i'm no expert and wondered if I should be using something different. Got a mix of chains from Mavic, Dura Ace's and 105?
lookng forward to responses on this as it seems like a minefield! :shock:
1. Does any one know what sort of Grease they would use and what the benefits are of this treatment to conventional specific chain lubricants?
2. My final question, (which will no doubt raise a few differing responses) would be what is the best products to Lube/grease your chain with? I use wet/dry for winter/summer use, but i'm no expert and wondered if I should be using something different. Got a mix of chains from Mavic, Dura Ace's and 105?
lookng forward to responses on this as it seems like a minefield! :shock:
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I doubt they use grease, too thick really.
As for chain lube, I use Lifeline Race Lubricant. Pretty thin, and a ride in the rain will wash most of it off no doubt, but then I tend to clean and lube my chain fairly frequently, in fact on my race bikes I do it before every race.0 -
If only I'd paid more attention in my tribology lectures 25 years ago! Grease simply is too thick to act effectively in this application - the film of lubricant needs to be thin enough to stick to the moving surfaces of the chainMake mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0
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I believe this is the confirmation you're after (9:12pm).
I use engine oil followed by moly grease. Seems to be doing the trick. I think a lot of people like to believe that their bicycle is a lot more complicated than it really is.- - - - - - - - - -
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as DesWeller points out, they use it to seal the chain. generally, the pro mechanics use a thin wet lube with a covering of grease over the top to stop the lube 'washing off' if they day's racing is wet. as they are cleaning & lubing every day, they can use this method...however, if you do this at home, you'll very quickly end up with a blackened and unpleasant looking chain, cassette and chain rings.
as for your tribology lectures Monty, the method's got little to do with this!0