Originally Posted by ItsJustMe

No, but it's winter, and I'm riding over 8 miles of gravel road per day, and the paved roads are salted and wet. No matter what I do to the chain, they're covered with salty water and grime within 2 miles of leaving home. The only thing that could save me would be a full chain case - then again, even that might just make it harder for me to clean the dirt off.

All I do to the chain is lube it and wipe it down. Currently I'm using DuPont Wax+teflon spray, but I've used ProLink and a few other things in the past, and also 30W motor oil cut with mineral spirits. I was thinking about trying Rock 'N Roll Absolute Dry, but it says it's not for use in dirty conditions. I was thinking maybe I'd try Phils Tenacious oil or something.

In the end it seems I have two choices - Run a dry lube, and the chain gets inundated with dirty salt water and freezes solid, or run a wet lube, and the chain keeps working but attracts more dirt. I've been running dry for over a year but I think I'm about to go back to a wet lube - at least the chain always bends (unless I haven't lubed for a REAL long time, like 2 weeks).