The benefit to dry lube is you don't gunk up the chain. If that's happening then I agree with cyccommute, you're probably applying too much. However I disagree with him on the frequency of application. When I was using White Lightning about every third ride my chain would start to squeek and shift poorly, it would get better when I applied the dry lube again. By most accounts I've read dry lube must be applied very frequently, as in weekly. This Chain-L stuff I recommended, they say it can be over 1,000 miles before you need a re-application. It does attract more gunk though, so I need a deeper de-greasing every so often. With my schedule I'd rather have longer maintenance that I can shift in time to when I'm less busy than required frequent but short maintenance.