What would be the best lube for hot, dry, and very dusty conditions? I have used white lightning, but im looking for something better. It's so dusty around here, you can lube the chain in the moring and half way through the day it's already sqeaking like it's been sitting in the rain for a while. ok maybe a little exagerated but you get the picture. Some roadie dude suggested aahh..Bowshield i think it was:???:
And housing, is jagwire housing any good? for derailers btw.
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yeah i think jagwires good and i use tri flow lube
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Hot paraffin (wax) dip. Super clean and doesn't collect dirt at all. Only downside is you have to be able to remove your chain so no shimano chains.
Originally posted by flowrider
Hot paraffin (wax) dip. Super clean and doesn't collect dirt at all. Only downside is you have to be able to remove your chain so no shimano chains.
Just dip the whole bike… :D
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Originally posted by flowrider
Hot paraffin (wax) dip. Super clean and doesn't collect dirt at all. Only downside is you have to be able to remove your chain so no shimano chains.
I am really liking White Lightning for the dusty conditions we are experiencing now on the Shore. I would recommend applying before and after every ride, which means that you can go through a bottle quite quickly.
Also, the wax does build up after a few days so I dunk it in degreaser and scrub the chain at least once a week. With White Lightning, a chain cleaner probably works better than soaking the chain in degreaser, which is another advantage in terms of convenience.
BTW, your chain should be generally noisier with White Lightening, because the oil in other formulas is simply masking the drivetrain noise.
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I use super thin oil - right now I think I have some cheap Axiom lube that's very light weigh. It lasts longer than the waxes and teflon based products, and the chain cleans easily with either a basic soak/scrub, or with a chain cleaning device.
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- Josiah Stamp
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- H.G. Wells
Well, don't know how dry it is up there in canada, at the shore right now, but considering what i've seen in the videos(never been up there) a dry spell for you guys would be like spring time for us;)
Where can i get this parafin wax stuff?
I've heard of doing this, any one do it? What were the results?
The roadie dude i was talking to about lube and stuff said that tri-flow actually collected alot of dirt, so im trying to shy away from that.
I've been using a quick rinse off of my chain with soap to get off the caked on dirt every few days, and after that i shove it in a bottle full of water, with engine degreaser in it, and a little more soap. It actually gets it pretty clean, at least i think so:)
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I think tri flow is too thin for chains but I like it to lube cables and qr's. The best chain lube I've ever used is Pro Link. MEC have it as do some shops. Its all I use now and my chains are going longer. It doesn't gunk up much at all unlike wax based lubes and it works in the wet too. That "roadie" stuff is Boeshield. developed by Boeing but I've never seen it up here. I've heard of it though.
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Pedros Dry lube… nuff said. Works here in Kamloops and it is very, very dry. In fact I don't think it gets much drier anywhere else… desert climate.
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I get a litre of winter weight chainsaw oil for 2$ from canuck tire,i fill up all them expensive little bottle's lying around and i got chain lube to spare
then I just replace the chain every season
I could spend more or wash it in a mec washer which I gotta buy and I gotta buy the degreaser and I am not totaly convinced the lube gets back in the chain when you wash it out so I figure I am probanbly even on what I DON'T spend and just getting a new pc 59 when it stretches enough … which is once a season
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