Chain Lube

thegodplato

Wet or Dry?

bobgfish

Rain or Sun?

thefd

thegodplato wrote:

Wet or Dry?

I use dry.

rpd_steve

I'll try to sumarise all the bullsh*t that will follow...:
-Wet lubs slightly better than dry
-Wet attracts more dirt which can wear drivetrain in dirty/dusty condtions
-Wet lats longer in the wet

-Dry is very clean and does not pick up dirt
-Does not last well in the wet but good in the dry
-Cleaner drivetrain if not ridden in wet.

I use dry because the black mess of wet offends my eyes, and I like to be able to drag my bike in my car/flat/bed without any marks. Wet if there is standing water for the reasons above.

smidsy

Also worth noting that some dry chain lubes are not actually dry (to touch) it just leaves a much thinner coating on the chain.

thegodplato

so for riding on the road ( in dry cos I'm a wuss!! ) its best I get a dry lube like http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/produc ... ith%20PTFE

crescent

I recently gave my bike a bit of an overhaul and noticed that the wet lubed chain had picked up a lot of grit and dirt. Currently using Finish line dry teflon based oil and so far so good - looks a lot cleaner and still feels nice and slippy! (Apologies for the use of the technical terminology there)