Demistify the world of chain lubes and make sure you're protected. The Best Chain Lube For your Area Tory Goodwin Chain lube like music seems to be tremendously influenced by personal taste and popular opinion. If you ask 10 people what lube is the best you can easily get 10 different answers. In the next few paragraphs, I'll try to break through some of the emotional stigmas attached to lube and help you find the right lube for your conditions. As the name suggests, dry lubes are dry after being applied to the chain.
All dry lubes involve some sort of wax.
Many riders used to literally use wax to lube their chains. This provided the advantage of a very clean chain in dusty conditions, but in reality provided very poor lubrication. Some people still use wax and swear by it, but unless you are one of these people, I don't suggest it. The modern day dry lube typically use PTFE, teflon and other agents suspended in an evaporating solvent. When the lube is applied it is wet, but after a few minutes it dries leaving a waxy protective coating on your chain.