Originally Posted by wphamilton

I go to the store and buy some chain lube. What kind doesn't really make much difference in the grand scheme of things. Read enough threads here and you'll see people cleaning the chain after every ride, applying lube with an eyedropper to each link both sides, and removing the chain to soak it clean after every hundred miles. Or two hundred or five hundred etc. And measuring the chain stretch with varying degrees of obsession. My own advice: don't listen to them. Take 10 seconds now and then to wipe the chain with a rag, dowse it first with lube if you want. Chain lube is not expensive.