Hamblini would beg to differ. The fact that the bench test is no predictor of real world application is a very good clue that this isn’t the best website for chain lube reviews.

The chart in this article would also beg to differ. While White Lightning Epic Ride is particularly bad, White Lightning Clean Ride and White Lightning Wet Ride are right in the middle of a very narrow band of rather small differences in wattage loss measurements. The entire range of wattage loss is from about 4.9 W to about 9W with the vast majority of all chain lubricants falling within 5 to 7W difference. We don’t know what the error in the measurement is so it would be very difficult to conclusively say which lubricants is really all that superior.

For the most part, it doesn’t matter what is used. Chains are efficient. Chains wear out for various reasons and no one lubricant is going to make much of a difference. White Lightning Clean Ride is just as efficacious as Triflow or, for that matter, olive oil. It’s just cleaner than oils and easier to apply than hot wax.