Brian Johnson

Hey Dave,

Over the years I've used many lubes-- like just about everybody else
here. Pedro's SynLube, Tri-Flow, some weird Specialized stuff, WD-40
(Yes!! And it doesn't work at all!), cooking my chain in melted wax,
White Lightening's white and blue (Race Day) stuff, and finally A.T.B
(red dot/medium) and ProLink Gold.

Just for fun I ran A.T.B (Absolutely The Best) on the MTB and CX bikes
and ProLink on the road bike. Both seemed to hold up very well in our
wet weather. The ProLink performed incredibly well on the chain in wet,
rainy rides. I even let the road bike go several rides without re-lubing
and the chain still ran very quietly. The A.T.B. also did well, but it
was subjected to more dirt and thus required more frequent
re-application. I could go only a couple of wet muddy rides before the
chain began to audibly complain.

When I ran out of ProLink I cleaned the road chain and applied A.T.B. It
worked almost as well as ProLink in wet rides, but the chain began to
make noise sooner than the ProLink treated chain.

I've not yet tried ProLink for off-road/CX use.

Nice thing about A.T.B. was the inclusion of a long, thin application
tube. Very easy to apply just what was needed exactly where it was
needed without a lot of waste. The ProLink bottle, unfortunately, uses a
shorter and larger-bore application nozzle. That, combined with the much
"thinner" body of the ProLink made for a lot of drippy wastage.

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