What lube?
Just bought a new road bike and determined to take care of her.
I think I should be using wet lube in the winter and dry in the summer, correct?
When buying, do I just search for something like a standard bike chain oil, and then something like WD40?
I think I should be using wet lube in the winter and dry in the summer, correct?
When buying, do I just search for something like a standard bike chain oil, and then something like WD40?
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WD40 is no good as a chain lube (it's not really a lube at all and some say it will damage a chain).
You can't go wrong with Finish Line imo.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/finish-line-dry ... ml-bottle/
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/finish-line-cro ... ml-bottle/0 -
Coach H. (Dont ask me for training advice - 'It's not about the bike')0
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WD40 no no ! I like Finish Line Dry in the summer and just started using MUC-off wet and it seems really good and smells great as well!0
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I've used dozens of types of chain lube (I still have 9 different types in my garage atm...). My choice though is:
Summer/Dry - White Lightening Clean Ride http://www.wiggle.co.uk/white-lightning ... ml-bottle/
Winter/Wet - Muc-Off C3 ceramic http://www.wiggle.co.uk/muc-off-c3-ceramic-lube-50ml/
The WL Clean Ride lubricates really well and as it says on the tin the drive train stays clean (i.e. doesn't turn to a black gunk in a couple of rides), it does get washed off in a couple of hours of a wet ride though. The C3 ceramic is new and I like it, it does gunk up a fair bit (like every other wet lube I've tried) but it stays on remarkably well (could probably get 100-150 wet miles in before I'd reapply).
I like the Shimano PTFE dry lube for things like jockey wheels, mech springs and rock'n'roll cable magic lube for cables (before I switched to gore ride-on pro cables which don't need lube...)0
