On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 09:19:29 -0700 (PDT), Doug Landau
wrote:

On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 8:10:13 AM UTC-7, davethedave wrote:
On Wed, 13 Sep 2017 08:51:29 +0700, John B. wrote:

On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:46:22 +0200, Emanuel Berg
wrote:

When you buy a new chain, sometimes its in a box and is very well lubed.
But sometimes it comes from a big roll (coil?) and there is what appears
to be but an oily touch. Should you lube it when you've put it on or is
the "industrial lube" worth preserving?

I think that reading Sheldon Brown's pages might answer a lot of your
questions.
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/chains.html#factory

This one too.

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html

You guys are all senile and should be posting to rec.bicycles.geriatric

Why? Don't modern bicycles still have chains on them.
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Cheers,

John B.