Originally Posted by Walter S

Last year I went on an overnighter that included riding all day in pouring rain. When I broke camp the next morning I checked my chain and it was badly in need of oil. Just rotating the pedals a little bit sounded absolutely awful. I went to grab my lube and found NONE. I scratched my head a bit. Then used some olive oil. 100% better than nothing. In fact it seemed to work quite well.