I bought a small bottle of this stuff to maintain my bike...I was wondering if it works well for lubing the chain as well?

Yes it does but it remains wet and is a bit of a dirt magnet. Be sure to wipe off the excess to minimize the dirt accumulation.

Yeah, I'm surprised at how long it remains wet. I thought the stuff was supposed to dry out relatively quickly.

It's not supposed to dry. Tri-Flow is basically oil with a teflon additive and remains wet almost indefinitely. It is not a lube in an evaporative carrier like ProLink.

Agreed. I use it, its great IF you apply it more frequently than a dry lube or thicker lube. I generally apply it weekly or more with a wipe down beforehand. I do a full clean (aka taking the chain off the bike) every month or two.

I have learned something here today!

The ProLink wax stuff is available at one of my LBSes. I was thinking of picking some of that up for winter. The noxious smell of aromatic solvent is much better than that awful banana smell from Tri-Flow, anyway.

You are about to learn something else.

ProLink is not a wax. It's a synthetic oil heavily diluted with OMS (odorless mineral spirits). The OMS evaporates leaving a very thin film of the oil. You can home make a very close immitation to ProLink by mixing 1 part of Mobile 1 (synthetic) motor oil in 3 or 4 parts of OMS.

White Lightening is the most well known wax lube in an evaporative solvent.

love the suggestion on home made prolink. I'm a prolink user and it's spendy! $8.00 for a small bottle.
WHat applicator bottle do you use?

Ah, now that I look it up, it's Clean Ride (formerly White Lightning) that I can get at my LBS. It's just right next to Pro-Link.

Easy, I use an empty ProLink bottle and just refill it. Actually, you can use almost any plastic bottle with an applicator top.

Whatever you use - one drop per chain-link/roller. Put a towel down under the chain. Let it penetrate for a few hours. Then towel off the excess. That'll do it.

I use to use ProLink. But switched to Purple Extreme two years ago. The drive line stays much cleaner. It penetrates the links better. The drive line runs quiet. So much so, I was surprised the first time I used it. The only thing I've found. Is I put it on a bit more frequent than recommended. This stuff really proves itself in the rain. LBS's usually have sample bottles of it. Or you can email Purple Extreme for one. https://www.purpleextreme.com/

Stock up! I just saw Tri Flow by the gallon for around $80.

I love the smell of Tri Flow. I'm just not wild about how much dirt it attracts and how it turns the chain black. It's a good lube, just not as good as Pro-Link.

yes. it's a great chain lube.

ed rader

You can get one of the best lubes in the world cheap. I got mine at Lowe's for about 5$. It beats the tar out of every other bike lube I've tried, and that includes Prolink and several others (yeah, and triflow)

Dirt don't like it. It takes longer to gunk up than anything I've seen. I've used it all over the house, lubricating hinges, slides, you name it

It even works as a motorcycle lube.

https://www.webbikeworld.com/t2/motor...chain-lube.htm

Edit.. I just stumbled across this review...

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Over the winter I picked up a can of "Dupont Teflon Multi Purpose" lubricant at Lowes. I always have problems with dry lubricants on my production woodworking machinery. It either wears off in no time leaving every moving part annoyingly squeaky, or it collects sawdust and jams up the works. I figured "what the heck?" and threw it in the cart.

The first major test were the tilt and elevation worm wheels on my cabinet saw. Not only did it instantly quiet the squeaks, but the handwheels turned like greased silk. Next were the elevation screws in the planer. Once again, smooth as silk! 6 months of daily use later and they still do, and the coating repels sawdust. Now just about every machine in the shop down to the depth adjustment on my $20 Skilsaw has a shot of this stuff.

Anyway, recently I read an article on high-speed chain lubrication. The main focus of the article was on roller wear and particulates. Specifically that tacky lubricants will collect crap and/or water and grind it between the sprockets and the chain rollers. Sound familiar? I know with normal chain lubes my chain turns black with crap in about 500 miles after a cleaning.

I went back out to the shop and found my can of Teflon spray. Says right on the can "perfect for chains". Well.... We'll see about that. I sprayed both the SV and the GS down and went riding. In the past few weeks I've put 1,000 miles on the SV and 2,000 miles on the GS, reapplying every 600 to 1000 miles. I'm amazed. The chains look like they just came out of the box and I don't notice any roller wear or chain stretch. Several people on the SV board have commented on the spray, stating that it significantly reduces the rolling resistance in side by side testing.

Anyway, I think this stuff is great. Anybody want 3/4's of a huuuuuge can of tacky, gunky, black, nasty Suzuki chain lube? If not, I'll give it to my neighbor to lube the link belt chains on his hay baler."