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Bicycle chain lube

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What's best.???

As a kid until now, just used 3 in 1 or similar general maintenance oil. But now with two new bikes in the family, starting to wonder if I should be using something a bit more specific. General road/lane use, so bikes don't get too dirty.
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Re: Bicycle chain lube

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Me, i just go with GT-85 which gets plenty of frowns from many cyclists... but not all.

Funnily though i use the same on motorbikes too... which gets the same levels of frown.

Putoline wax is supposedly the king of lube if doing it like some say...

I can't see any reason a decent motorbike lube wouldn't work well though, i have Wurth Dry lube i use at times, can't see why it wouldn't do a decent job on a bicycle.
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Re: Bicycle chain lube

Post by Mr Moofo »

TBH, they are much of a muchness ...
Make sure the chain is lube - and also make sure you clean it regularly
I wouldn't just use GT-85 - but that approach hasn't killed Weeksy yet, so we can assume it works.
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Re: Bicycle chain lube

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I use weldtite TF2 wax, doesn't clog up the cassette like oil based lubes

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Re: Bicycle chain lube

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I use Wurth High Performance Dry Chain Lube. It's for the motorbike but seems to be ok on the push bike. Been using it for years.