Chain Lube

[ezzyoiler]

Tribology is the science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion. It includes the study and application of the principles of friction, lubrication and wear.

 

so you see..this is a biggie subject....

 

as for a good lube on my oiler..my criterial is very simple..

after dosing the required lube ...on reaching my destination the lube is still on the chain..

eg...my expected usage is 15km/ml....i dose the qty with ref to the distance i am going to ride..say 30km..i will dose 2ml..on reaching my destination the lube must be still on the chain..then this lube meets my min.. requirements..

 

use of different lube will give diferent results..

the lube degradtion can be observed as a dry chain...or those using high viscosity lube like grease will end up a gooey black mass..

 

so those who use spray cans...can it last till the next cleaning and oiling session..??

using time to lube chains is not the a good idea..u should use km and observation..

lousy lubing technique can end up with bad lubrication...

 

at the end of the day...the question of the lubing issues boils down to..

 

cost of lube/km??

ease of application..

time involved....

 

an oiler is the best in the above 3 criterias..

 

so how do you consider is good lube..

what are your critrias??

 

i hope that you have an answer to that...

the worst would be....its the most expensive one or so and so says so...

[kinwei]

Maxima chain wax for me. Lube every 500km~600km but I cleaned the chain before lube. Spray sparely, not excessively. Anything extra will just contribute to the road. No major fling so far. One big can last me more than a year. But my mileage not alot, around 20k km a yr.

[DeusExMachina]

Using some German chain spray stuff I got from Biketech 21.

White can. Can't remember the name.

 

But basically as long as the stuff is sticky and doesn't fling much, and also isn't corrosive on the O-rings, it should be good.

The rest is just marketing.

[engeto]

Im using Engine Oil also. Normally lube after riding during raining days..