I use it in the winter, spring, summer, fall while road riding, commuting, touring and mountain biking. I usually apply it only after the chain gets wet. Here in the Colorado that can be as infrequent as it is in central California.

I've used it in the Southwest, the Northeast, the Midwest, the Northwest and the Southeast and never had to use all that much of it except when I get caught in a rain storm. I'm also a pretty good mechanic...I teach people how to work on their bikes at a local co-op...and my drivetrain shifts as crisply as anything I've seen out there. I don't find it making excessive noise nor having troubles working in what I would call a normal manner. Even in high torque situations like those experienced in touring or mountain biking, I've never had issues with the lubrication. Frankly, it's been just the opposite. I used to blow through chains and freewheels back in the old days of using Phil's Tenacious Oil and other wet lubes. They just attracted dirt, trapped it in the mechanism and ground the chain to dust.