Originally Posted by
corynardin
I have always heard that WD-40 has no place around bikes. I personally have no bad experiences with it but I have avoided using it. I would start with tri-flow before WD-40.
WD-40 is very useful for bike maintenance as a cleaner (basically it's an aerosol form of kerosene) and water displacer. Where it has no place is as a durable lubricant as it's not adequate for that use.