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Originally Posted by nynor
two words, one product: white lightning. the best chain lube, ever. cleans the chain, lubes the chain, and is self cleaning between maintenance. take your chain off, heat some cheap vegetable oil in a pan you don't care about (the thrift store is the ticket) and drop your chain in there. while it is cleaning on the stove (yeah, you heat it pretty hot), clean all your spockets, really good. when the chain looks good and clean, remove it from the oil and take it outside for a good blasting with some brake cleaner. put the chain back on, lube it up with white lightning and you are good to go.
oil lube will kill your chain because it picks up debris and grit. white lightning sheds that debris and grit as you go. after lubing once, reapplications periodically is all you need.
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Thanks for the suggestion but it is better now that I have cleaned the rear derailer idler sprockets of the gunk and ridden it a little more.
I tried the white lightning and did not like how it was too solid like teflon and seemed to gum stuff up. I like tri-flow and use that on my bike in TO but here in SLO the bike store carried and recommended CHAIN-L so I am using that. It is a lot more viscous than the tri-flow. More like honey. Smelly honey.
It stinks so it must be good!
I like the more oily stuff and just reapply it more often. But I could see this stuff holding dirt more than tri-flow or solid lubricant.
My chain and sprockets are probably worn out anyway and this bike was free so I don't really want to put too much time into it. I would rather make or buy a bike that is more to my liking as far as frame and suspension design.
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Originally Posted by Noah930
You're worrying about a little mud from doing a little mountain biking in the mud? Isn't that what mountain biking is all about?
Just wipe down the chain with WD-40 and then apply lube.
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Well, it was not smart to be wearing my clean clothes at least. I didn't really mind getting the mud on me, just that my shirt is probably stained now. It was my light blue solidworks shirt.