On 11/18/2018 10:35 AM, wrote:

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John, the popping of the bubbles that compose the foam puts a pressure inside the foam where it contacts the rollers. I'm not one to have a great deal of faith in this but it does appear to be plenty of lube everywhere including your chainstay and everyone within a yard of the operation.

The best I've used is Rock and Roll. This contains a Teflon lubricant in a solvent. You roll the chain and liberally spray the stuff on the chain/rear cassette for several revolutions of the chain. The solvent washes off the dirt and old lubricant. You then use a cloth to wipe as much of the chain dry as possible and then allow the chain to dry overnight. The Teflon penetrates between the rollers and the solvent evaporates overnight. So you have a clean chain that actually does have lubrication that you can actually feel and it is dry so the chain doesn't pick up dirt or leave muck on the chain rings and cogs. Of course this stuff is as expensive as gold and you have to use it fairly often to clean everything.

I will give this a try. The foaming chain lubricant works wonderfully
well as a lubricant but you have to clean the chain first.

I think that I speak for many here in that we are Looking to minimize
time spent on chain maintenance while still having a chain that is both
cleaned and lubed. A little extra money is worth it.

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