Originally Posted by
cyccommute
You know there are these new fangled things called “cameras” out there. Lots of phones seem to have them. You could take a picture so that we can all be amazed.
I’ll show you mine first. The chain hasn’t been cleaned nor wiped before the picture was taken. I never wipe my chain because I don’t need to. Nor do I clean my chain except for before install. This chain has 630 miles on it since it was cleaned and installed, including one refresh of the wax ( I use solvent wax) at 430 miles.
You can see that there is minimal transfer of any kind of dirt to my fingers. The reason I don’t believe your claims is that I’ve never seen an oiled chain that wasn’t filthy. I’ve handled thousands of them.
I thought you said wax doesn't pick up dirt? That chain looks a bit dirty, to me. My Tri-Flo-lubricated chain is cleaner.
Yeah, I can take a picture. But when I post it you’ll just accuse me of using a new chain or cleaning it before I take the picture or any number of other reasons that you can think of, because what you see in the picture won’t fit your worldview. So thanks for the suggestion, but it would be a waste of time on my part.
P.S. There are photos of my bike on this site showing the rear derailleur, and while the chain isn’t the subject, some of it is still visible...