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Did you know Shimano made lube? I didn't. Anyway, the wet lube seems to be remarkable stuff. I applied it, and did a 2 hour ride which was a bit wet but not sodden. And look:
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No black oily mess! It's still lubricated, but the lube has stayed clean.
I've got their (supposedly) light chain lube. It is actually quite gloopy. I bought it because at that particular time it was on offer.
It seems to do a better job than Finishline (wet = far too sticky and a drivetrain's worst nightmare, dry = hopeless).
I'm impressed with the Shimano stuff and it seems to be doing good things in terms of chain wear, but I'll probably just buy the cheapest one I can find again when the time comes.
For dry lube the muc-off stuff is a totally different thing to most dry lubes. Stays slightly sticky so stays on instead of crumblin away like the waxy ones, but not so sticky that it attracts the dust.
I use the sky muc off lube....working well for me ...a cross between wet and dry....
i bought a bottle of the stuff from CRC a while ago...its great stuff and seems to work better than the finishline stuff i'd used previously.
i've also got the shimano grease which also looks like it does a better job than the other stuff...also its green which is cool!
For me it's pretty much a case of the cheapest 'medium' stuff I can find so long as it isn't Finishline.
Stuff wears out.
This isn't a 'what lube and why' thread - just saying the Shimano stuff doens't go black and messy - which is nice!