I bought a new chain, and I dislike the hassle of paint thinner method of removing the factory grease. So I thought that I would try this new product.
I used it as directed, and I guess it worked. But, I don't know how I would ever know if it actually did anything since the grease removal and the waxing is all one step. I ended up with a waxed chain, but I would have ended up with a waxed chain if the "StripChip" was just a placebo.
I guess it works if you really believe.
I have 3 bikes. So I have decided to d a comparison between the CeraicSpeed UFO Drip All Conditions 100ml, Muc-Off dry lube 120ml, and Silca Super Secret Chain Coating 8oz. It's only been a couple of months since I began the comparison. And it's all subjective. But so far I have found that I wish they were all better. They aren't the super lubricant that they are made out to be. And they only seem to work well for maybe 30 miles at the most. And my average ride length so far this year has been over 50 miles. After 30 miles the chain starts getting noisy. Almost as bad as a dry chain. And the tell is that the chain starts getting black around the rollers. So I have to wipe the chain good and re-lube after every ride. Having to do this on a daily basis gets old. The 3 seem to be roughly equivalent. But I think I like the UFO Drip a little better than the others. It seems to have slightly better adherence than the others.
After 4 decades of riding and maintaining bikes, I viewed waxing chains as a solution in search of a problem. A sale and a YouTube rabbit hole made me give it a shot. Now I can't believe I waited this long to make the switch. Like tubeless, it's much more work up front, but makes your life so much easier in the long run. No more dirty hands and gear, much quieter drivetrain, and no more daily degreasing and re-lubing. Finally, I can enjoy the life of someone who doesn't care about their drivetrain - without destroying my drivetrain. I've only ever used Silca, as their products all work well, but this is the only way I'll ever lube a drivetrain again.
Found out the hard way that you absolutely need this to install SRAM 'stealthamajigs'. Be generous; give the barb a good coating and put plenty on the little red guy and the 8mm nut threads. Tighten to 8 nm, which is a goodly amount of torque for something that small, and no tears. Skip one of these steps and you might not have a leak, but you'll be asking for one. That said you'd have to repair about 10,000 brake lines to ever use up the jar, assuming you never forgot to put it away properly and didn't pollute the whole batch. A little foil packet would make a lot more sense.
