Lube Vintage Reviews
"Today there are few people who do not know the lubricants based on waxes. Squirt was the first brand to develop this type of product and today remains the benchmark."
MountainBIKER Magazine, January 2020, Spain (pdf)
Review track record...
The old masters... Corad Stoltz and Nico Lebrun.
GCN on Wax Lube:
- Here is the name of an incredible wax based lube for those of you who haven’t found it yet. The retail name for it is “SQUIRT”.
After all the latex and lube comments I suppose Ollie just couldn’t come around to calling out the name.
It’s great stuff.
- Lol @ how you avoid naming the squirt as they're not sponsors
- Ollie still on the Squirt lube despite sponsorship. Been using for the last few years since he mentioned on CW, great stuff!
- I guess you'll never know the best lube of choice was squirt since they didn't pay the bill. Come on latex, lube, squirt, couldn't you drop the selling out for once?
- I can attest that the wax emulsion lubricant in this video "Squirt" is amazing other than watts it keeps your drivetrain clean and lasts around 400km per application it's really unlike any lube I've ever used.
- He is using Squirt chain lube. Good stuff.
- Love the channel. Watch every video. It’s a shame you mask the squirt brand because they don’t pay you. A balance between sponsor and unsponsored products is really important to keep audience trust.
- Actually I think I answered my own question. Looking at the graph on the article https://cyclingtips.com/2018/03/fast-chain-lube-that-saves-you-money/, what I use currently WD40 bike dry lube is at about the median, and is 1.2 watts worse than squirt (I think over 400km). But more importantly, I read that squirt is biodegradable which is probably more environmentally friendly!
There are still people who do not know wax lubes exists!:
- He doesn't mention what type of lube!! If it's supposed to be comparable to waxing the chain, I'm interested. However it's absolutely useless without a name of the ingredients or a bland name!!
And one idiot:
- Good idea for the lub BUT Olie you forgot one big important part of the study : the chain wear with this lube is very bad/fast compare to wax because the problem with this wax lubricants (squirt or Smoove) is that as they are very viscous therefore have a hard time finding their way inside the lubrication gap to the pin and if you can't achieve that you'll not be able to match the same watt saving as in the study so not ideal you''ll agree... You won't have this problem with proper wax though so that mean you'll be sure to save those watts without any doubts and for the same cost in the end...
Best advice:
- Have you considered having your collarbones broken and reset to make your shoulders narrower and more aero?
Velonews: See why Squirt is the fastest drip lube
In an independent lubricant friction test done by Friction Facts in Boulder CO, Squirt lube was applauded as the "true hero of this test" by VeloNews. Hunter Allen, author of Training and Racing with a Power Meter, agrees.
Read full article here: Hunting for Speed (pdf)
The two legendary MTB Hall of Fame inductees, Ned Overend (Specialized) and Travis Brown (Trek) disagree about most things. There is one thing they do agree on... find out what it is:
Hunter Allen, author of "Training and Racing with a Power Meter"
Low resistance lube.
Cycling Weekly, September 2008. We asked if this was the Holy Grail of chain lubes and it would certainly seem it's the closest we've come." (10/10).
Dirtmountainbike.com, June 2011. Chris Hilton reveals it all..
VTT, Feb 2013. Verdict? 10/10!
MountainBikeAction, March 2014. "For our dry and dusty conditions here in Southern California, where we test most often, we think of Squirt lube as a secret weapon. It takes friction out of our drive trains and runs super clean"
MTB UK, September 2005. "Work the lube into the links and let it dry, and voila, you're left with a waxy coating that resists smeg build-up and ensures that your chain runs smoother than a cashmere codpiece."
