Originally Posted by
HBxRider
My drivetrain used to be very noisey and grindy sounding. I eventually figured out that it was the chain lube I was using. It was White Lightning, the wax based stuff. I used it because it came with my Park Tools chain cleaning tool. I live in a coastal community, I ride Pacific Coast Highway and beach trails a lot, and the waxy chain lube was a magnet for sand.
I switched to an oil based lube and my bike is much more quiet, and stays quiet for much longer. Never going back to wax type lubes.
Great point!
I use the white wax type and the chain makes that sticky noise and on higher speed the noise becomes this constant steady chain going through deraillieur noise.
I gotta try out differeny type of lube and see how it goes.