Originally Posted by Astra
'Wet' basically means good old oil. Dry usually means based on wax or teflon, ie it isn't wet and won't attract dirt and dust. Where you live, you could definitely go the dry route. Living in England, I wouldn't even dream about it
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I live in the UK too. I've been using a 'dry' lube on my SRAM chain for about 2 yrs. I've never had a problem. I find my chain looks just as sh1tty on a wet lube as a dry. I tend to use less oil on the chain now. I even tried using my chainsaw oil as well. Nothing has made any difference to my chain and it works just as good no matter what I use, and as I mentioned, it still looks like sh1t after a few rides. Just as soon as my dry oil is finished I'll pick up whatever I find on the shelf. I could probably use olive oil just as well.
Maybe the marketing hype rules, not the technology?