Originally Posted by
staehpj1
I wouldn't try to convince you of that. The thing is that in all of my touring which includes a couple cross country tours and a number of other long tours my chain has never looked like that with only one exception and I did clean it then, but immediately stopped using the lube that caused it (White Lightning). I have since used Boeshield T-9 with just apply and wipe method and never seen anything like that again.
I have had good luck with T=9, but do not think there is anything magic about it. Other lubes like Prolink work fine as well.
Pete,
I have to admit that was an extreme example. We'd been riding in a lot of rain over unsurfaced roads. It did not usually look that bad. I took the picture because my wife seemed to be harvesting hay as she rode.
I'll give the T-9 a try and see if I can get better results.