Originally Posted by
Buggington
Rode home in the rain on Monday and left the bike in the shed until Wednesday when I saw the chain had started to rust. It got me thinking, is there any type of chain which doesn't rust?
Does anyone know of anything like this?
The issue is of much significance to me, because it may rain for days where I live and the bike stands outside during the day. In winter, the chain rubs against piles of snow. The chain waxing mixture I developed, eliminating the rust for good, consists of:
ACF-50
LPS 3
Boeshield T9
ACF-50 is the most expensive of the three and its fraction is about 25%. The two other build it up to 100%. Last year I also started adding the powder of molybdenum disulfide which makes the coating dark but appears to prolong the lifetime of the chain by hardening its surface. In any case, the situation is so good that I bother to check the chain at 6-week intervals, no matter how much it rains, and I am down to once every 4 months applications or something. Chain-L may be going along a similar line.