Quick lube question

[Jolt]

Everyone you talk to will have a different opinion about lube, but Rock'N'Roll Gold is the best one I've tried yet. It cleans as it lubes, it's great in dusty conditions (any dust/grit the chain picks up wipes off easily), it didn't pick up any mud when I did my first mtb ride the other week (my pedals, on the other hand, were full of dirt & mud), and after 9 months or so I'm barely halfway through a 16oz bottle. Great stuff.

That stuff sounds interesting--maybe I'll have to see if my favorite LBS carries it. I ride through my share of sand and gravel, so something that doesn't pick up all that garbage would be good. I think White Lightning may have been what they had at the bike co-op where I replaced my chain and so that's what I used; it does seem to have picked up quite a bit of sand.

[madscot13]

this is a bummer, I just claned and lubed my bike with White Lightening.

[equus123]

lol, i know. me too! i've heard good things about White Lightening. though i have to admit after trying it, it does make the chain louder and i find that it gets dry a lot and needs re-lubing. kinda weird. hmmph. i might check out the RNR Gold next time around.

[Xrayted]

I've used Tri Flow in the past but I like Pro Link better. It lasts longer and pushes the dirt out of the links and since you wipe it completely off, it doesn't pick up road dirt like the White Lightning does. I don't have to do nearly the amount of relubing/maintenance that I used to and the chain sounds and feels smoother. Our local LBS doesn't carry it but Performance Bike just down the street from them has it. One bottle lasts forever.

[Kalidurga]

I've used Tri Flow in the past but I like Pro Link better. It lasts longer and pushes the dirt out of the links and since you wipe it completely off, it doesn't pick up road dirt like the White Lightning does. I don't have to do nearly the amount of relubing/maintenance that I used to and the chain sounds and feels smoother. Our local LBS doesn't carry it but Performance Bike just down the street from them has it. One bottle lasts forever.

From what I've read/heard, Pro Link sounds very similar to Rock'N'Roll. I'd guess that either of them would be a good choice for an easy, self-cleaning, non-gunk-grabbing lube that keeps your chain happy and quiet. If you can't find them in a local shop, I think a good lube is certainly worth ordering by mail.

[KnottedYet]

Just lubed my new Surly's chain. Ok, I'm bad, I should've done it last week when I got her... cuz we all know the "lube" that comes on a new chain is useless and isn't really lube.

Boy, what a demonstration of how used to Boeshield I've become! I was appalled by the grit and sand and general ick stuck to the chain and jockey wheels and cogs and rings! Yowza! (after only a week of riding... yes, I'm bad, should've done this right off the bat... bad bike caretaker Knot) That stuff doesn't happen with good lube.

Glopped on the Boeshield, ran it, wiped off the very dirty excess, repeat, repeat, repeat. Used the damp-with-petroleum-distillates rag to wipe the gunk off the other parts of the drive train.

Much better now.

(I apologized to my Surly.)

[Zen]

Just lubed my new Surly's chain. Ok, I'm bad, I should've done it last week when I got her... cuz we all know the "lube" that comes on a new chain is useless and isn't really lube.

I didn't know that about the new chain lube. I thought I had read somewhere that it is good lube and shouldn't be messed with (?)

It just happens that I bought some Rock & roll Gold and Speedplay Frogsyesterday

[Triskeliongirl]

Just lubed my new Surly's chain. Ok, I'm bad, I should've done it last week when I got her... cuz we all know the "lube" that comes on a new chain is useless and isn't really lube.

Really? Where did you get that information. I was told the opposite by a bike shop mechanic, that it is an extremely high quality lube, and that you shouldn't remove it until the chain was dirty from use and required cleaning.