Hi Paul - If you want to find out about riding a chain with no lube - look to Paul Price of Paul Components. He is notorious for riding his bikes without maintaining them to see how long it takes parts to fail.
Namaste, Corwin On Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 1:17:08 PM UTC-7, ☆ Paul ☆ wrote: > > Has anyone ever tried cleaning their chain and NEVER applying lube at ALL? > > This may be an absolutely idiotic question, but there are all kinds of > posts all over the web about people who think lube is a scam, but I can't > find anyone that has actually tested the theory with a top-quality chain. > > I've ridden belt drive bikes exclusively for the last 12 years, until I > bought an Atlantis recently and my life changed. The one nice thing about > belts is you just hose off the bike now and then. > > Paul > > On Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at 3:33:00 PM UTC-4 Deacon Patrick wrote: > >> Put on NFS for the first time today. 12 drops on my loooong 1x9 Gus's >> chain, in high gear (small cog), back spun 12 times, no wipe. It shifted >> wonderfully smooth. I'll see how long it goes before asking for more and >> how it handles mud and frozen slop; however, so far I'm impressed. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a67c06c9-1305-4d09-b2c7-27d5ab88924do%40googlegroups.com.
