Chain-L No. 5 lube review
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It certainly stays on in? the rain and it's a bugger to get the chain clean, two or three uses of the? degreaser bath were required to shift it all - it's that clingy.
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Doesn't attract a lot of dirt
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Gets into moving parts
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Gets everywhere
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Hard to shift when it comes to degreasing
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There are wet lubes and then there are wet lubes, Chain-L's No 5 is definitely the latter.
A thin coating lasted for ages, spreading throughout the chain, then to the rings, even ending up covering oversocks and chainstays. It does a great job of keeping the chain running smoothly and quietly, and yet doesn't seem to attract a lot of dirt.
We did, though, notice chains showing signs of wear earlier than we felt they should, given the type of riding we were doing.
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