Oh yeah another chain lube thread. I just wanted to state that I use pure Mobil 1 oil on my chain. I have 3800 miles on it and the Park chain wear tool wont drop in the .75 side yet. Since Mobil 1 almost eliminates wear in engines, it follows that it should do the same with a chain.

I lube about every 100 miles, and try to keep the chain as clean as possible by wiping it often. Also I remove the chain and clean it with kerosene and a brass brush once a season.

Ahh, but do you use regular or synthetic? I'll bet you could go 200 miles with synthetic!

Mobil 1 is a synthetic. And actually I use the Mobil 1 extended.

Why does that follow? Auto engines and bike chains have similarities and major differences.

Happy that you found a lube that works for you (and your chain).

Many bike riders use Mobil 1 oil diluted with mineral spirits, 1 part oil, 3 to 4 parts mineral spirits. Straight oil picks up a lot of dirt.

mobile one is specifically designed not to break down when subjected to extreme conditions inside and engine, the only thing your bike chain shares with the inside of an engine is metal on metal friction. There is very little heat involved in bike chains, and there is very little outside contaminates inside an engine.

but hey, if it works it works, no reason to fix what ain't broke.

Do you guys lube your square tapers?

I don't know, should we?

square tapers...? ISO or JIS.. what? I don't know that. aaaahhhhhhh.
but serioiusly:
obviously it's not the thermal properties of synthetics that will benefit bike chain wear. Mobil 1 is a classic, fixed many a fan bearing with it in dehumidifiers etc. I used to use Phil Wood oil, the blue/green stuff, which was pretty sticky but you do want it to stick to the chain. My opinion is that synthetics won't oxidize and gum up as quickly as the average junk will. Hydrocarbons do tend to oxidize, that's kind of what most of our technology is based on. Lately I've been messing with waxing, and I know it's weird, but the black wax that comes on good cheese (shaadaap) is a good balance of sticky and 'waxy', and is pretty soft. Also there is the Nye brand of synthetics. I have some that Hewlett Packard sent me for a plotter, good stuff. I reserve it for my skinny 6600 chain. The steel stuff can have the Mobile 1.
I also tried spraying on teflon that's meant for goretex jakets. It actually seems to work ok, but I spray it on the cassette rather than waste the overspray on the chain.

We're not talking about taper profiles. We're talking about whether you grease yours or not. One choice is clearly wrong and the other is not.

Right but it matters that you use the right grease for the taper. I use the white campy grease for ISO and Dura-Ace grease for JIS. :-)

100% Wrong

Source?

Let me guess... You keep your tapers clean and think everyone who doesn't is a dangerous fool?
That's just the sort of interjection this chain lube thread needed. Well done.

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