Originally Posted by
Little Darwin
I don't know materials technology, nor do I ride in temperatures below about 10 celsius...
However, if you bought the lubricant in a sealed container, I would find it hard to believe that an expiration date has much effect. Not impoassible, but if there were an issue, I think you would notice the consistency when you were applying.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that anyone here has used the lubricant, so there is no way to compare the consistency of your grease, with someone else's experience...
I also can sense your frustration that everyone is answering questions besides what you have asked... But, everyone is trying to help.
What was the consistency of the lube? Was the viscosity low enough that you think it was able to flow into the pins, or thick enough that it may require some sort of pressure to permeate the chain?
If the viscosity is high, I wonder if heating the lube and/or chain would help to get the lube into the chain where it would help.
To answer your question: this lubricant is extremely viscous. That's why the spray contains mostly a solvent - without that, the lube would go nowhere. It's a very strange material, to be sure: while it's extremely viscous (in fact, almost solid), stuff doesn't seem to stick to it very much. Weird.
Most are trying to help, and some are just doing a bit of drive-by-posting. But it doesn't matter, I think I have the answer to my problem: I applied the lubricant wrongly (albeit according to the instructions on the bottle).