Dry/Wet Lube
- Thread starter Ghuraba
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Depends how much maintenance you do really.
I never use wet lube now. It's a gunky horrible mess. You can use dry lube in winter especially if you are not riding in the soaking wet lots but the roads will still likely be mucky/wet and through up loads of crud onto your drivechain. So just be sure to keep on top of it and maintained/clean.
The other option would be a proper wax lube like Squirt. It means degreasing the chain and giving it a proper clean (ideally in ultrasonic cleaner) and then treating it with Squirt. So it's all a bit time consuming but after you have done this you will get away with wiping down the chain and simply re-applying some Squirt every now and again to keep on top of it. Initial faff is time consuming as I say but what you make up for over months afterwards of not cleaning off dry/wet lubes equals it all out if anything.
I never use wet lube now. It's a gunky horrible mess. You can use dry lube in winter especially if you are not riding in the soaking wet lots but the roads will still likely be mucky/wet and through up loads of crud onto your drivechain. So just be sure to keep on top of it and maintained/clean.
The other option would be a proper wax lube like Squirt. It means degreasing the chain and giving it a proper clean (ideally in ultrasonic cleaner) and then treating it with Squirt. So it's all a bit time consuming but after you have done this you will get away with wiping down the chain and simply re-applying some Squirt every now and again to keep on top of it. Initial faff is time consuming as I say but what you make up for over months afterwards of not cleaning off dry/wet lubes equals it all out if anything.
Yeah. Even though I do not ride in the rain or puddles the damp, moisture and fog still create a mess. I only ride about 20 miles a week so am thinking I can just use a dry lube. I think I applied too much wet lube too. The chain was black in 2 weeks.
2 hours and it's usually black!