Oil on chain
 

How often should you oil the chain ?

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Short answer: when it gets noisy.

This might be the most thoroughly discussed topic in cycling, or at least bicycle mechanics. A search will get you nearly infinite information.

Yep, all that needs to be said, call this one a wrap!:beer:

Wait...not so fast! What kind of oil? :innocent:

Are oils and waxes both considered lubes, or is a lube it's own thing? What's the most lubricious?

Sy Reene: Oil distilled from select infant sperm whales......:deadhorse:

You need to clean and relubricate before you start to hear noise, because nose means you're already causing unnecessary wear.

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I remove and clean my chain every 800 miles or so and relube it with a mix of 4parts unscented mineral spirits and chain saw bar oil. I can make a quart for less than the cost of the 4 ounce bottles of bike lube.

WD-40, of course.

Oh, what about a chain made out of duct tape, lubed with WD-40?

Dare to dream.

Used some WD40 yesterday and the bike feels like new again, huge difference

On my commuter bike:
Once every 2 months, using cleaning Benzin or cleaning Gas (funny maybe, its cheap and works wonders - not sure whether I am translating this right though...) with ParkTools chain cleaning tool.
Re-lubing with any cheap lube I have. The bike does 35-40km per week, continental climate.
On my road (fun) bike:
Whichever comes first - every 500km or 1 month. Usually during bikepacking trips I wipe off dirt as best as I can (think paper/rag found on the side of the road etc.) and add lube every 4 days or
as soon as noise gets too high. For fun bikes that stay on the wall and rarely have fun I apply Liqui Moly dry lube and let it...dry...for at least 5 days (I do wipe off excess thoroughly).

I do get lazy very often so I usually just oil my chain when I feel like it. Good therapy.

Do not follow my example, its generally stupid, find your own flavour.

You can almost *smell* that wear! ;)

Srsly, re-lube before there's chain noise.

The original WD40 is more of a water-displacement product, not considered to be a very good lubricant, per se. There*is* a product in the "WD40" line which is a designated chain lube, which has better lubricating qualities.