Do "dry lubes" cause chans to skip?

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A while ago, I decided to try one of those "dry lubes." While I love
the fact that the drivetrain doesn't instanly turn black upon riding
the way "wet " lubes do, the dry ones seem to make for a noisier ride,
and, worse, seem to make the chain MUCH more prone to skipping. I
recently put a new chain on -- to which I applied several coats of the
stuff -- along with a new cassette, and never had a freakin' chain
skip like that in my entire life!! Are "wet" lubes better than the
dry version? Or is there some kind of trick to using them? Would
puting wet lube -- or something else -- on the now-dry-lubed chain
help? Could this have happened because I first used a degreaser -- to
get rid of that sticky stuff on the new chain -- before applying the
dry lube?

 

[me]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:13:07 -0700, anon_a_mouse wrote:

> A while ago, I decided to try one of those "dry lubes." While I love
> the fact that the drivetrain doesn't instanly turn black upon riding
> the way "wet " lubes do, the dry ones seem to make for a noisier ride,
> and, worse, seem to make the chain MUCH more prone to skipping. I
> recently put a new chain on -- to which I applied several coats of the
> stuff -- along with a new cassette, and never had a freakin' chain
> skip like that in my entire life!! Are "wet" lubes better than the
> dry version? Or is there some kind of trick to using them? Would
> puting wet lube -- or something else -- on the now-dry-lubed chain
> help? Could this have happened because I first used a degreaser -- to
> get rid of that sticky stuff on the new chain -- before applying the
> dry lube?

No, I wouldn't expect it to cause skip. Did you make the chain the same
length as previously?

 

[sally]

[email protected] wrote in news:1187745187.325012.190360
@r23g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
> A while ago, I decided to try one of those "dry lubes." While I love
> the fact that the drivetrain doesn't instanly turn black upon riding
> the way "wet " lubes do, the dry ones seem to make for a noisier ride,
> and, worse, seem to make the chain MUCH more prone to skipping.

Which one?? How did you apply it and how often? Some of the dry lubes have
problems durability (may only last a few hours) and some have problems with
buildup (causing inaccurate shifting) and all have problems with wet/rain
conditions.

 

[Zoot Katz]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:13:07 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

>A while ago, I decided to try one of those "dry lubes." While I love
>the fact that the drivetrain doesn't instanly turn black upon riding
>the way "wet " lubes do, the dry ones seem to make for a noisier ride,
>and, worse, seem to make the chain MUCH more prone to skipping. I
>recently put a new chain on -- to which I applied several coats of the
>stuff -- along with a new cassette, and never had a freakin' chain
>skip like that in my entire life!!

Stiff link?

I gave up on dry lube after the bottle was gone. I doesn't work in
Vancouver 8 months out of twelve but causing a chain to skip wasn't
one of its inadequacies.

Maybe your chain colour clashes with those garish rims and tires?
--
zk

 

[smn]

> Maybe your chain colour clashes with those garish rims and tires?
> --
> zk

Tell me aint true.
chains cannot possibly come in colors. What are we coming to?