chain lube choices

[skypickle]

I know many people here like the muc off
/www.amazon.com/Muc-Off-Wet-Chain-Lube/dp/B079NLF3X2

and then there is this dry lube
/www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Z779GMO/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

Is there a significant benefit to using one over the other? Some people say to use the dry lube in dusty conditions (which we rarely have here in the northeast) and that the wet lube will attract more junk. I have noticed that chains and sprockets these days look a lot cleaner from back in the day when the gears and chain seemed to covered in thick black grease and handling them left your hands like they were covered in Sharpie. Is teflon lube the stuff to use in the damp muddy northeast? Dont misunderstand me, I am not looking for mudpits to ride through but I do notice globs of dirt and pine needles in my drivetrain as well as the nooks and crannies of the frame.

 

[118]

Personally, I use both, depending on what has happened outside. Summer, I tend to use a dry, in winter, I'll change to a wet. Whether it's undiagnosed OCD i don't know, however, I clean my bikes, and drive train after every ride. Then i use my 'chosen' chain lube, prior to going out on my next ride. It might be because i keep all my bikes indoors too

I've always used a bicycle specific chain lube, never a motorcycle lube.

 

[Rusty]

Still using home-made chain wax

 

[118]

Still using home-made chain wax

Sounds like I've found my next 'project'

 

[iXi]

I use squirt wax lube. Only because in AUS it's dry and dusty 90% of the time so a wet lube collects all the dust and turns it into a mud paste which is a bitch to clean.

 

[paquo]

wax is nice because some you can reapply without cleaning, but it does have to dry whereas wet may not have to