Time to ask again what the best chain lube is
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Pro Honda with Moly. Motorcycle chain lube it works great and a can lasts a long time. The lube stays clean and I just saturate the chain and wipe the excess off.
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Parafin wax + quick link. Get the type used for canning or candle making from walmart. Degrease chain in solvent, degrease chain in solvent again, let dry, melt wax and dunk chain for 10 minutes, fish out with utensil of choice, put on bike. Repeat every 300-500 miles, or after riding through heavy rain.
Or just buy a wax based lube with solvent like white lightning.
Or just buy a wax based lube with solvent like white lightning.
I agree with the preparation, but then I put the chain in a pie tin in the oven at 185, then rub with a votive candle (or you can use paraffin as above). Turn it over and repeat, then heat one last time. Lasts about 5-600 miles before I have to redo it, saves having to melt a whole pot of wax.
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Does anyone have any recommendations for the cleanest lube?
I can get all manner of viscosities from work, and have tried the usual sprays like WD40, but it's all mineral oil based and ends up on the white-walls, chain-ring teeth, hanger, etc.. messy, ugly.
I've never tried true alternatives and i don't know where to start. My new bike is still mint, it's new Tiagra chain is a bit sticky, like it's waxed, so i'm looking to maintain it from here without running it in the dirty wet state i've always known.
I can get all manner of viscosities from work, and have tried the usual sprays like WD40, but it's all mineral oil based and ends up on the white-walls, chain-ring teeth, hanger, etc.. messy, ugly.
I've never tried true alternatives and i don't know where to start. My new bike is still mint, it's new Tiagra chain is a bit sticky, like it's waxed, so i'm looking to maintain it from here without running it in the dirty wet state i've always known.
Later, with ecological qualities in mindm I thought I’d done things right by applying Green Oil to my new chain after the factory lube got dry, and am just now facing the resulting compound left on the chain. It’s a dry, muddy form of grime lodged in every little seam of the links, and hardly responded at all to degreasing.
What does work, in my experience, is completely degreasing your new chain, and then applying a dry wax lube. With a power link, it’s easy to clean the chain when it gets a bit dirty, and although wax is less rain-resistant than synthetic, it stays a lot cleaner, doesn’t accumulate that inky, oily stuff that makes synthetic road grime stain, and my drivetrain feels smooth. I have been using Squirt and enjoying the results.
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I've just ordered a quick link, as my chain uses a snap-off pin. And it's actually on the wrong way around atm, with the slotted links on the outside...
I'm gonna go for this cleaning and melted wax on the e-bike, and try a silicone spray (tyre and bumper shine) on the Merlin's old stretched and expendable KMC chain, once washed, after talking about this to a mate yesterday.
I'm gonna go for this cleaning and melted wax on the e-bike, and try a silicone spray (tyre and bumper shine) on the Merlin's old stretched and expendable KMC chain, once washed, after talking about this to a mate yesterday.
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For me parafin. I melt the parafin in a double boiler setup on my stove. When it's liquid, I just drop the chain into the wax and let it "cook" for a while, reaching in from time to time to move it around. Put the chain back on the bike, place the little pot of wax back in its spot in the garage -- I do it about twice a year.
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I think I saw a link to K9P lubricant.
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Edit: Also, a lot of LBS offer chain-waxing services if you prefer.
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Ouch! Yes that would definitely hurt. I reach right in to the melted wax though, so maybe it doesn't get that hot in this application? It's entertaining to peel the hardened wax off my hands I don't know anything about candle-making, but maybe the wax is hotter during that process. Dunno.
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This thread is about chain lube, people. Try to stay on topic. Moreover, wax should be reserved for things like skis, batik, mustaches and hair removal, not bicycle chains.
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Edit: 185 F is where paraffin has the consistency of water, which seems like what someone would want so it gets in all the teeny little gaps between links.
Lubricating a Bicycle Chain Using Paraffin: 6 Steps
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I don't want to burn my house down. Period. And since the best chain lube (NFS) comes ready to use out of the bottle, there is zero chance of me burning it down because I am needlessly messing with wax.
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Your post that I quoted above is not discussing/debating the topic. It is simply an advertisement for a branded product.
So is this thread meant to discuss the several options out there? Or is it simply a commercial?
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The thread title references a question about a topic, chain lubrication, that could have several correct answers (depending on circumstances) which encourages a discussion and some debate about the potential answers.
Your post that I quoted above is not discussing/debating the topic. It is simply an advertisement for a branded product.
So is this thread meant to discuss the several options out there? Or is it simply a commercial?
Your post that I quoted above is not discussing/debating the topic. It is simply an advertisement for a branded product.
So is this thread meant to discuss the several options out there? Or is it simply a commercial?
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