I’m not sure what the issue is here or even if there is an issue.

I’m running three bikes all on some form of sram 1×11 with q-rings on two of the bikes.

I generally use r&r blue, lube up the night before to let it set. But I’m finding even in the dry the chain to get very noisy after 20+ miles.

It’s worse on the q-rings (expected). I’m starting to think I’ve got a weak batch of r&r blue. Can anyone else comment about this with 1×11?

It could be that just the nature of r&r that it’s so thin that it just wears off. This is not a new issue and there are no real downsides (other than lubing every ride) I guess but never sounds smooth for long enough.

Chains are KMC but I have tried Sram too.