LIQUI MOLY CHAIN LUBE

For the last few years I’ve been hunting around for a good-quality chain lube and I’ve finally found it. Y’see, I hate the modern fad for sticky-white chain ‘wax’: stuff that is anti-fling and sticks (literally) to your chain like glue. That’s all well and good but if it sticks to the chain like that, then grit, detritus and all manner of rubbish can stick to it also, and then you’ve got a grinding paste that’s going to play havoc with your chain and sprockets. Instead, I always liked the low viscosity lubes that weren’t anti-fling but which kept your chain nice and clean and free from sticky grit, but sadly these seem to have been out of fashion and out of favour so it’s been hard to get anything other than chain wax or thick, sticky lube. This Liqui Moly chain lube in a 250ml aerosol is my discovery of 2017 and I love it. The pros are that it’s relatively cheap and goes on clear and clean without any whiteness that you get with wax. The downsides are that it does fling around the back of your bike if you’ve not taken off any excess and you do tend to use more than you would with a wax as you can’t always see where you’ve already put it: highly recommended.