[Closed] Chain lube

got some muc-off dry stuff which seems to be good - the Pedros works pretty well, too.

Rock'n'Roll Extreme or Gold all year round

Cleans and lubes, it's the dog's danglies.

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Rock n Roll as the IHN said dogs bollocks.

I'm a fan of [url= http://www.purpleextreme.com/ ]Purple Extreme[/url] which I usually get from CRC.

Just gone on their website though and it appears they don't sell it anymore.

[url= http://www.stif.co.uk/mtb/product/purple-extreme-4oz-lubricant/3277 ]Stif [/url] seem to sell it though.

Rock n Roll Extreme here too

putoline chain wax. Makes purple extreme rock and roll look like the expensive and ineffective lubes they are.

I clean and re-lube my chain after every ride, so not sure if applying wax is worth the effort for me.

amplebrew - you don't need to do it every ride with the putoline. Dry - many hundreds of miles till needs redoing - stays clean as well. Wet - a hundred or two miles

Rock n Roll Extreme 😀

TJ, I know you're a fan of the motorcycle wax and I'm not going to argue against your choice, but 1-200 wet miles would barely last me week and I'm sure as heck not going to stink the house out every weekend for the sake of saving the price of a beer 😉

serious though, what do you do on a multi-day trip ?
A small bottle of magic blue goo fits in my saddle pack and is applied whilst the coffee's brewing 😀

TandemJeremy - Member
amplebrew - you don't need to do it every ride with the putoline. Dry - many hundreds of miles till needs redoing - stays clean as well. Wet - a hundred or two miles

I was cleaning the chain so often more out of choice.

I am completely unable to put my bike away after a ride without giving it a full clean.

Squirt

Squirt is fantastic for properly dry conditions. I found it bloody awful in the wet though- mud glue.

I am consistently not surprised that the best thing to use in wet conditions is a good quality wet lube designed for the purpose. But I'll be giving the putoline wax a spin next time one of the roadgoing bikes needs a lube.

Hilldodger - a couple of hundred miles a week of wet muddy offroad? thats a lot of miles a week. On road even in the wet it lasts hundreds of miles. When its dry its much more

Multiday trips? I lube it before I go and again when I come back.

600miles on the road around the netherlands with a fair amount of rain I did need to put a bit of oil on it. Its the only time I have.

I normally do 20 - 40 miles rides in a day (offroad)so at least 5 days riding even in filthy conditions and in good conditions many more

its not just the money saving - although that is significant its also the vastly improved chain life - 4 or 5 times as long I believe ( but have not recorded) and having nicely lubed chains all the time.

You know those horribly peat bogs that strip the lube out of your chain in minutes - it even survives that.

I do have to say scinceofficer decided the faff was too much for him and I will be interested to hear how northwind gets on.

R&R extreme - excellent but need to apply every ride. Squirt is good for dry conditions.

TJ is the put online a dry wax on the chain that sloughs off keeping things clean as squirt is advertised as doing or is more sticky/wet and therefore dirty?

Neither - its solid wax in a big tin you melt on the stove and dunk the chain in - it goes into the bushes and pins and then drips off the outside - you can wipe the outside of the chain clean of the wax and it stays clean in use as its more or less solid

Teh actual wax itself it nasty stuff that stains clothes tho

Yeah, my commute is 15 each way, muddy woods and towpath and only about 1/2 mile of it is road - grim in winter but great when dry.
I remember the PL from my motorcycle days and it is good stuff, but too much faff for me now - quick wipe with a rag, squirt of blue goo and twiddle cranks, job done 😀

Get CHAIN-L oil, it so good, long lasting, and will keep your drivetrain, shifting and running for insane long time. Google it, there is a uk importer, read the reviews.

Rock 'n' Roll Extreme here too - knocks that Putoline boil in the bag stuff into a cocked hat

Another vote for Rock 'n' Roll Extreme, cracking stuff!

Squirt works for me.

Thanks for the serious replies guys - nice to have a good balanced debate for once
Think i'll try the R & R

Think i'll try the R & R

Make sure you follow the instructions

Prolink Progold for me. Works better than anything else I've tried.

Seems like this thread is a big thumbs up for R&R, but the usual suspects online don't stock it any more.

Any ideas where I can buy it; online or Real Shops in surrey / hampshire?

Got my last bottle from ebay due to most online places not stocking.

Aye, eBay. I think mine came from Rutland Cycles (via eBay).

The big bottles work out much cheaper than the little'uns.

I may be the only one, but I really get on with Bike Hut dry lube that you pick up off the shelf in - wait or it - Halfords! Feel free to shoot me down, but for me it works really well. Keeps things quiet, smooth and best of all not collecting every last bit of dirt on the trail. It seems to repel water pretty well too which for a dry lube is pretty cool.

another on Bike Hut Dry Lube here - its a bit 'thin', but its not attracting as much dirt as the 'wet' type.

Used to use Finish line wet,but now use Squirt.

Not as messy and gunk attracting as Finish Line but you do need to reapply more often when riding in the wet.