In the search for the perfect O-ring chain lubricant, I've tried a couple different products so far: Bel-Ray chain wax (whoooops!), and PJ-1 chain lube. As Jaybird has mentioned elsewhere, the wax completely mucks up the chain and quickly becomes "anti-lubricant," and gave me a big pain in the rear as I had to clean the chain several times to get all that gunk, and it IS gunk, off my precious chain.
The PJ-1, while not as bad, does gunk up the chain. Of course, I'm riding in some heavy mud this spring, but my chain gets gunked more than anything else on the bike.
If I use ONLY WD-40, the chain does not get gunked. But WD, of course, doesn't really lube the chain.
Is there a lubricant out there, teflon based or otherwise, that wouldn't attract so much dirt and hold it with magical magnetic force to the chain? I've heard something about Honda's chain lube being like this, but don't have a Honda dealer anywhere near me.
Signed,
Gunky in Garnersville
The PJ-1, while not as bad, does gunk up the chain. Of course, I'm riding in some heavy mud this spring, but my chain gets gunked more than anything else on the bike.
If I use ONLY WD-40, the chain does not get gunked. But WD, of course, doesn't really lube the chain.
Is there a lubricant out there, teflon based or otherwise, that wouldn't attract so much dirt and hold it with magical magnetic force to the chain? I've heard something about Honda's chain lube being like this, but don't have a Honda dealer anywhere near me.
Signed,
Gunky in Garnersville