| Chain Maintanence
Hi Glyn, in our experience we have found a light parafin or one of the many commercialy available chain cleaners in a spray application tin to work well.
The spray aplicators are a little less messy than the parafin.
The best case scenario in this weather is to use a lube type spray first which will penetrate the o-x rings and then use a wax which will help to seal in the lube and keep out the crud of the road.
Downside to this one is every time you want to re lube your chain you need to clean it, but this will prolong chain life although be it a chore.
We have customers that do 18-20 thousand miles on chains with Busas Blackbirds etc.
Most lubes available are pretty good, the only exception to this rule is PJ1, it makes a real mess.
Castrol chain wax is a good quality wax.
Hope this helps. |