Originally Posted by
slim_77
Does White Li cause chain wear faster than other lubes?
I though I remember hearing this and it sounded dumb--how could lube wear the chain? OR, rather than wear being part of the product is it just that WI requires more frequent application and most people don't mind their drive train as they should?
Yes...
White Lightning wears off very quickly. It will remain on the plates and surface of the china, but will not actually be in the rollers lubricating like it should for very long at all.
I used to use it a lot until I notcied that sometimes I could end up with heavy chain noise and some squeeking by the end of a century ride after having lubed up right before the ride.
This only really started happening as a chain would wear, but it drove home the fact that White Lightning just doesn't like to hang around.