Maxima 74920 Chain Wax - 13.5 oz. Aerosol

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The kit list for immersive chain waxing is, unsurprisingly, longer than “a bottle of chain lube and a rag to wipe away the excess”. This lube contains Teflon particles that help reduce friction and wear on your chain. If you’re looking for something a little more affordable, then consider Finish Line Dry Chain Lube with Teflon. This lube goes on wet and dries to form a protective film that helps reduce friction and wear. Look around any important race and you’ll likely see a few immersive waxed chains. This one has a healthy dusting of extra PTFE powder to further reduce friction. Ben Delaney / Immediate Media Not only do independent tests consistently show wax-based lubricants to be among the most efficient, but they also typically do a great job of resisting wear-increasing contaminants. You should be interested in cleaning and lubricating your motorcycle chain if you have a chain final drive on your bike and you’re interested in helping your motorcycle chain last for a really long time.

While drive chains aren’t kept in a bath of lubricant, a decent lube will – to some extent – help to reduce this damage, especially where it creeps under the unsealed roller. Muc-Off, which makes both wet and dry ceramic lubes, says its ceramic lube contains tiny ‘ceramic particles’ that help reduce friction over the synthetic oils found in standard dry and wet lubes.This graph shows the overall performance of the lubes, and the ten that performed the best in these tests…

There are a lot of opinions out there about what is the best way to lubricate your bicycle chain. Some people swear by chain wax, while others prefer to use lube. So, which is better? It needs to be totally spotless, inside and out, because any residual oil or grease will contaminate your wax and make it harder for the wax to adhere to your chain. Thomas Regional® are part of Thomasnet.com. Thomasnet Is A Registered Trademark Of Thomas Publishing Ceramic lubes have started popping up over the last few years, with bold claims about increased performance, alongside increased prices. It’s not always clear what they contain or what benefits they offer over other types of lubricants, though. If it’s all you have to hand, it’s better than nothing. Most bicycle chain lubes are dry and are more expensive than motorcycle chain lubes, so it’s not a good idea to splurge all your expensive bicycle chain lube on your bike.Do you ride in inclement weather often or do you like the mid-week roll through the creek crossing? Well if you've answered yes - you should add a wet lube to your collection. Most wet lubes provide efficient coverage and liberation for over 100 miles of riding with a single application. Besides their protective qualities, wet lubes excel at reducing drivetrain noise but be mindful they can collect dust and dirt quite easily - more reason to choose your chain lube wisely for the season and ride at hand. This can be done by cleaning the entire drivetrain with a degreaser before applying the wax lube. To apply wax lube when the chain is wet, simply put a small amount on each link and then rotate the pedals until all of the links are coated with wax (it’s okay if there’s still some liquid residue). Wipe off any excess with a clean rag before riding. The testing of Scottoil showed it worked very well when you remember that it’s a constant loss system. This isn’t really designed to coat the outside of the chain plates, which while only cosmetic, can get a bit rusty if you haven’t got the delivery just so. Still though, they really do keep the rollers well lubed with little hassle. There are other chain oilers available too, like Tutoro, PDOiler and Loobman, but I don’t have any experience of these. Anecdotally, automatic oilers tend to be popular among their owners.