Interesting.
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
More importantly, the lubricant that so many think is "excellent" isn't liquid oil. It's a semisolid lubricant that is more like wax based lubricants than liquid oils.
Definitely, the factory lube is nothing like liquid, it's very thick and sticky, and I believe how SB describes it's in there because it was applied during manufacturing. After the chain is assembled, nothing that thick would easily migrate into the important innards, which is why when factory lube needs replenishing, we have to go with something thinner.
BTW, I may have missed it, did you say what lube you use? Are you a crock-pot-o-parrafin kinda guy?