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Submitted by
Khuan
a
from Perth, WA, Australia
Date Reviewed: November 26, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | None - I'm a commuter | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$6.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Force | | Strengths: | Low maintenance. | | Weaknesses: | Fairly frequent applications required, no good for wet weather, relatively expensive and the chain is quite noisy. | | Similar Products Used: | Rock and Roll Absolute Dry. | | Bike Setup: | 2007 Giant Boulder. | | Bottom Line: | This product is great if you are lazy like I was and want a low maintenance lubricant.
Before your first application, degrease your chain to get rid of oil, otherwise this lube will not adhere to the chain so well. This is the hardest part for lazy people, but once done the rest gets much easier. You no longer have to clean your chain when you relube it.
But, this lube needs to be applied quite frequently and it's not cheap, so a price is paid for its convenience. Also, rain will wash it off your chain quickly. The chain is quite noisy with this lube, so I don't think this is the best lube around.
Consequently, I've decided to be less lazy and care for my drivetrain better. Based on overwhelming reviews here on the Rock and Roll Extreme lube I've purchased Rock and Roll's equivalent product to the Finish Line Krytech, the Absolute Dry. I've yet to try it out, but my expectations are high on a smoother, longer lasting drivetrain. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
a jones
a Cross Country Rider
from Louisville USA
Date Reviewed: December 14, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | otter creek, duffield, waverly | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$7.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Great all around lube, keeps the chain and cassette clean, smells good. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | White Lightning, Dumonde (great lube too), Triflow | | Bike Setup: | Specialized | | Bottom Line: | If you keep your're bike halfway clean after most rides, than like many other lubes it works great. Don't expect to lube a muddy, gritty chain with this or any other lube and expect it to work miracles. Lube chain before leaving the house if Mountain biking, not right before you get on the trail. It has to dry to work well. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan
a Racer
from Niagara Falls
Date Reviewed: June 28, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Does not attract dirt, saves wear on drivetrain, and makes shifting smoother. A clean, wax based lube. | | Weaknesses: | Hole in bottle is too small, and would clog, does not last very long, and therefore is a little expensive. | | Similar Products Used: | Finishline wet. | | Bike Setup: | Sram PC59 chain, Giant NRS. | | Bottom Line: | First, i will remind everyone to apply this lube to CLEAN parts. It will not be any good if you do not fully degrease your chain. Was does not stick to grease. Follow directions on the bottle.
Also, this product is designed for dry conditions. Don't expect it to hold up in wet conditions. Finishline makes another product for that.
Well, i needed to make the hole in the bottle larger so that it did not always clog up on me. After that it was easier to apply without making a mess.
This product does not last very long. I don't find much of it left after about 40km. (this is a rough estimate) But, that is good enough for most XC rides i do. I wanted a lube that worked in dry conditions without creating a black grime all over my drivetrain. There are tradeoffs involved. This lube does not attract grime, and is very clean to use, but does not last nearly as long as finishline wet, or several other lubes. Since it does need to be reapplied almost every ride, it gets expensive.
I will try prolink next. It comes highly reccomended. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary,Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: June 22, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | Powderface | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$6.00 | | Purchased At: | The Bike Shop | | Strengths: | None! This stuff was terrible.
| | Weaknesses: | I didn't like the Krytec Wax Lube at all. It does not last on a long ride. Its good for about 10 miles if your lucky, your chain will sound like its never been lubed at all. Unlike other wax lube products it does not seem to build up enough over time to lube the chain.
Also it runs out of the bottle all too fast making it hard to apply without wasting way too much product.
You also get to pay a premium price too, I found it expesive. | | Similar Products Used: | White Lightening, Finish Line Dry Lube (Teflon, Finish Line X-country | | Bike Setup: | 04 Epic Comp Disk | | Bottom Line: | For what you pay this lube delivers little in performance, this product is the next best thing to not having any lube on the chain at all!
When I buy a chain lube I expect it to get me through at least one ride! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gilligan
a Weekend Warrior
from Europe
Date Reviewed: April 12, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Strenghts..? Hmm...well keeps chain and sprockets pretty clean... | | Weaknesses: | Doesn't last at all!!! If you plan longer rides, take the bottle with you! Seems like you need to re-apply that stuff every 20-30 miles at least! | | Bottom Line: | This is the perfect lube for people with cruiser bikes! Keeps drivetrain clean (great for posing!) and lasts for short neigborhood rides! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brown Teeth
a Cross Country Rider
from Morro BAy, CA USA
Date Reviewed: May 3, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$5.00 | | Strengths: | Sets up hard and dry works great in dry and some wet conditions but not for mud. Love its ability to stay on. | | Weaknesses: | Poor in the mud seems to bind with clay mud to really make a mess. Also since it sets up harder than many other waxes it take a few minutes to warm up and shift good otherwise if you shift while its still cold your chain will not shift well. | | Similar Products Used: | WL,prolink, BS, Oils of all sorts, grease... | | Bike Setup: | 36# FR rig | | Bottom Line: | At first I didn't like it but the key is to just keep putting it on until you have a nice base, really keeps the chain innards free of grit and dirt and unlike WL doesn't build up on sprockets. Best for dry conditions, last longer between applications than WL, my lube of choice | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Marcel Frenk
a Cross Country Rider
from Nijmegen
Date Reviewed: February 8, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Rijk van Nijmegen, Cristalp | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$8.00 | | Purchased At: | Kersten Wielersport Nijmegen | | Strengths: | Smells sweet, keeps chain and sprockets clean | | Weaknesses: | Not very long lasting in wet and grimy conditions (but what is?), need to warm it up a bit before applying. | | Similar Products Used: | Boeshield T-9, Finish Line Dry Lube, Motorex Dry Lube, Cyclon Dry Lube, Rohlof Chainlube, what haven`t I tried? | | Bike Setup: | Y2K S-Works FSR, XO, XT-cassette, tune and TA rings. | | Bottom Line: | The bottom line is that I like this lube the best for not only the pivots on my FSR, but for the chain also. In 2002 I also posted a review, let`s call this an update. I tried many other lubes, many of them work fine, but most of them leave too much gunk for my taste on the chain and sprockets. Not so with KryTech, little dirt clings onto your chains etc, and it is easy to clean afterwards.
You have to follow the procedure though: Thourougly clean your chain te first time, lube generously, let dry for at least twelve hours before you go out and ride. Make shure that the KryTech is not stone cold, it will clogg the squirthole if cold. I wipe the chain with a cloth before I go out to ride to remove any exess. The chain an sprockets pick up very little dirt this way, and can be easily cleaned afterwards. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
J-Bird
a Cross Country Rider
from Killington, VT
Date Reviewed: August 24, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$4.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Bike | | Strengths: | Keeps chain cleaner than most lubes. Does not build up on chain links like other wax lubes. Lasts a good while when used properly. Good for a variety of weather/trail conditions. Inexpensive cuz everyone has it and it's always on sale. I don't have to take the bottle with me, like with White Lightning. Does not hold dirt. | | Weaknesses: | Have to remember to shake vigorously before application to ensure the goods get in there. Requires total cleaning of chain before first use. Requires advanced application before a ride to work at its best. Tends to build up on chainrings if overapplied or if u ride too soon after applying. Have 2 let dry thoroughly. | | Similar Products Used: | other Finish Line wax lubes, White Lightning, Triflow, wd40, heavy gear lube, moto-x chain lube, bodily fluids, etc. | | Bike Setup: | over 100 tiny metal mechanical parts attached to a few big metal mechanical parts, all of which receive regular and thorough abuse. | | Bottom Line: | You have to totally clean your chain then apply heavily. Let dry, apply heavily again. Once you've done that, if you put a little on before each ride, you only have to clean yer chain a few times each summer. Once you get a good coat of dry wax inside the chain it keeps all kinds of crap out. I ride in wet, sandy, pine-needly, muck. I ride in dry, dusty, gravelly, sand. I ride up as much as I ride down, and at Killington that is over 2000 ft of vert. each way, each time. Not to mention the random days of lift-use/downhill riding. I use only Krytox - Triflow for my susp. pivots, Krytox for everything else. Works great on derailleur pulleys and pivots too. I've used two 4oz. bottles in the last two years. I ride at least 3 or 4 days every week. This stuff is the best lube I've found since I started riding 15 years ago. Period. (not recommended for disc brake rotors... hahahaha) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kev1n
a Downhiller
from Perth, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: November 25, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Calabogie Peaks | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$3.00 | | Purchased At: | Dougs Bicycle | | Strengths: | This stuff is awsome, I dunno about all these guys who say it sucks, I dont think they cleaned their chains very well. Krytech chain wax is amazing, I ride all the time! I ride after school every day for hours, I ride the trails every bit of spare time I get! with white lightning wax you need to clean the chain down and rewax it like every other ride! with this Krytech stuff I maby lubed my chain every month? seriously, and I ride rain, snow, or shine. I now use the new formula with graphite and it works even better! | | Weaknesses: | NONE!! I mean it theres no problem with it at all, I wish it came in a bigger bottle though, but its not very expensive and it lasts a pretty long time. | | Similar Products Used: | White lightning, dripless grease, oil. | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Norco Atomik with hayes 8" discs (hfx) truvative drivetrain, raceface cranks, singletrack 26" front doubletrack 24" rear, nokian 26x3.0" front tire, nokian 24x2.6" rear tire, Shiver DC fork lots of stuff I love to ride it!!!!! | | Bottom Line: | Krytech Rulz, especially with graphite! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Florian
a Cross Country Rider
from Canada
Date Reviewed: July 23, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Bottom Line: | This is an update to previous comment. I wrote to Finish Line, who sell this product. Their representative explained that this kind of wax is only meant for short and dry conditions. By short he explicitly meant one hour. So that's what they say about this product basically : perfect for very short and dirty but dry outs, not good for anything else, especially not long rides.
It makes sens that way, though 1)it is not written anywhere on the packaging and 2)I'm not sure it is worth it to use such limited application product. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Florian
a Cross Country Rider
from trois-Rivières, QC, CANADA
Date Reviewed: July 21, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Purchased At: | MEC | | Strengths: | Quite clean, handy bottle size. | | Weaknesses: | Doesn't last. Really doesn't. | | Similar Products Used: | No other waxes, just regular oil. | | Bike Setup: | Mikado | | Bottom Line: | I've embarked unto a 1000km ride with a bottle of that stuff, because I believed it was some lubricant, and the bottle size was perfect for my pack.
I applied it on a freshly cleaned chain, one or several layers, letting it dry for one hour or one night -- I tried everything. Everytime it would work OK as far as I can tell, but only for a couple hour at best. Totally incredible. The roadside bikeshop where I had to buy some replacement oil told me that it indeed doesn't work (they still stock it, though !).
I believe that the people who have a good experience with Krytehc must be biking in humid or wet conditions, where their chains are actually lubricated by moisture. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Marcel Frenk
a Cross Country Rider
from Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Rijk van Nijmegen | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$8.00 | | Purchased At: | Kersten Wielersport | | Strengths: | Smells sweet, attracts little dirt | | Weaknesses: | Not the best product for lubing your chain or fork/damper, have to shake very well before using, thickens too fast when cold which makes it hard to apply. | | Bike Setup: | Specialized FSR | | Bottom Line: | I bought this lubricant for lubing the pivots on my FSR, as was advised by Specialized in a maintainance article in German Bike-Magazine. Works well for this application; clean the pivot well with a cloth before applying, apply a little time before you go out riding to allow the Krytech to dry up. It keeps out the dirt, despite our mostly muddy conditions, I only have to disassemble the linkages for cleaning and thourough relubing twice a year. The delrin rings last about a year, the metal parts last much longer, the metal-only damper pivots are more prone to wear than the other pivots. Thickens very fast when "cold" (< 20 degrees Celsius), sometimes clogging up the bottle`s gap. I usually heat it up a bit on my central heating`s radiator in winter, to assure maximum fluidity.
I also tried it on my forklegs and chain. Both started to squeek pretty quickly, I rather use Finish Line Teflon Dry Style or Motorex Dry Weather lubricant for that.
Mayby overlubing the chain several times might work, as one of the other reviewers remarked. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Barry
a
from B.G., KY, USA
Date Reviewed: April 4, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Tested or demo'ed only | | Price Paid: |
$6.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | It doesn't smell bad, other than that None. | | Weaknesses: | Application: when I attempted to apply this "lube" I discovered that it dries VERY quickly. It dries so quickly that it clots up the end of the bottle, by the time 1 maybe 2 links were "lubricated". At this point bottle must be pointed in a safe direction and forcefully squeezed to blow the clot out of the way; shaking the bottle will not prevent the rapid drying and clotting. It took 1/3 of the bottle to finally coat the chain. When I say coat, I mean leave large dirt collecting deposits, because that is what happened. I had to just clean the chain free of this stuff and start over with another lubricant. | | Similar Products Used: | Ice wax (best I've used), Break Free (stinks and collects dirt), Prolink, Tri Flow. | | Bike Setup: | Trek 5500, Yes I am a road rider, but RBR doesn't have a review for lube. | | Bottom Line: | Application is frustrating and messy. Buy something different. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lasse Räsänen
a Racer
from Finland
Date Reviewed: February 14, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Clean
Good idea | | Weaknesses: | Doesn't last
Doesn't work
Expensive
Wasteful applying method | | Similar Products Used: | Teflon spray, WD-40 | | Bike Setup: | Used it on both road and mountain bikes | | Bottom Line: | When bying this, I thought that it really would last longer than the oh-so-light-wiscosity sprays. It didn't. And just as said below, a bottle like this seems to be a very wasteful way of applying it, a lot of it ends up in uninteded places. It didn't really work under any circumstances it faced: dry, wet, sandy, muddy...
When using light wiscosity sprays, you have to apply it after each ride. You also have to do this with this wax. The difference between teflon spray and the Krytech wax is that teflon spray is a lot cheaper to use and most of it actually ends on the chain instead of the rug I keep under the chain when lubing it. Telfon spray doesn't attract too much dirt either and at least it keeps your chain lubricated for the duration of a dry ride! WD-40 lubes well, but attracts dirt so I'll just keep using teflon spray... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Baja Biker
a Cross Country Rider
from Mexico
Date Reviewed: October 9, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$7.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Widely sold and marketed. That's all. | | Weaknesses: | It doesn't lube the chain. I've applied it and had the chain clatter and skip after a 2 hour ride. I've had small shifting problems for 5 months, and they've gone away now after changing to another brand of lube. I hope I didn't wreck my drivetrain with this junk.
Lesser problems: It is expensive, and difficult to apply without spilling. Maybe 1/3 ends up on chain. 1/6 on frame, and 1/2 on floor. Applicator clogs. | | Similar Products Used: | ProGold Prolink chain lube (far better). Phils tenacious oil (ok+) | | Bike Setup: | 2 wheels, frame, brakes, gears, covered with dust & sweat. | | Bottom Line: | Don't waste your $ on this one. I should have never followed the advice of the salesman. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Igor Dragoslavic
a Racer
from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 7, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Hydro Cut | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$8.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Shop | | Strengths: | Clean, dry, doesn't attract dirt | | Weaknesses: | Doesn't last | | Similar Products Used: | Finish Line-Cross Country and Teflon. Pedro's Ice Wax | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Rocky Mountain Oxigen. LX cogs and chain rings. Sram 59 chain. | | Bottom Line: | I've started using Krytech with my bran new drivetrain. Used it exactly as per instructions. I've religiously applied a new coat for every single ride. I rode 4-5 times a week, every ride taking 2 or 3 hours. In less than 2 months of usage I had 2 races. Through all this period never rained once. The result? Completely destroyed drive train!!! The chain stretched 1/8" per 1'! The cogs and middle chain ring totally worn out!
No wonder. Just think about it, IT IS DRY! As soon as the wax wares out at contact points, what is to flow in to fill the dry spots?
You want a nice clean chain? Don't lubricate it at all, it'll be even better than any wax. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Connor
a
from Denver
Date Reviewed: July 12, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | Very clean
duration of lubrication | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Finish Line teflon wet lubes | | Bike Setup: | Trek 970/Judy with WB springs and Risse cartridge | | Bottom Line: | My experience with this lube seems quite different than most other reviewers. I have been running this stuff for over 3 years on my MTB which I commute on daily in snow/rain/heat every day, and off road in the Rockies. It is clean, quiet and does a great job keeping the components going. After 3000+ miles I am just now replacing my original cassette/currently on my second chain. Put it on each link/roller, wipe the excess clean and let it dry overnight before using it and it seems to be very durable. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
R.J.
a Racer
from WI, USA
Date Reviewed: June 24, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Clean, doesn't last long (so you can replace it) | | Weaknesses: | Doesn't last long | | Similar Products Used: | Pedros, Finish Line, etc... | | Bike Setup: | 98 Klein Attitude Race, 94 Marin Pine Mountain, 95 Specialized M2 Comp (road), 92 Specialized Sirrus (road), 98 KHS Tandemania Alite | | Bottom Line: | Does not work well for any of my bikes. It breaks down within one road or MTB ride (30-40 miles) and squirrels start to follow me. It is very clean, I agree, but I think the "breaking down" problem is part of that.
It also does not work well on PC-89R chains with the stamped plates. After a week, the "stamps" are filled with an opaque wax.
I'll take a dry lube over a wax. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gerry B
a Racer
from Val d'Or, Quebec, Canada
Date Reviewed: March 30, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Dead Cat Alley | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$7.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Looks like your chain and cassette are clean. | | Weaknesses: | Looks like your chain and cassette are clean. To some this may seem like a bad thing. | | Similar Products Used: | Pedro's Dry Lube and Ice Wax. Some kind of teflon lube. | | Bike Setup: | Fisher ProCal: XTR, XTR, XTR, XMax, SX Ti. (love X's)
Spec. Allez: 105, Open Pro | | Bottom Line: | I wash my mountainbike after almost every ride; we have mud, water, sand and dust on all our rides. The Krytech appears to bond with the metal of the chain; after a few initial applications, you need less to get a smooth flex between links. I rode 6500k last year - 4000 road, 2500 dirt. Neither of my chains stretched more than 1/32" over a 12-link/12-inch span. Once or twice I washed everything, dried it and did not re-lube the chain to see if I could do a ride with a spanking drivetrain; no problems but probably not something you should do too often. Krytech does not gob up like Ice Wax, nor does it attract contamination like oils which become ground into black paste. It feels like you're well lubed; you just have to get over the anomaly of everything looking too clean. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jeferbeest
a Weekend Warrior
from Alberta, Canada
Date Reviewed: February 19, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | swollen ass | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$8.00 | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | didn't do much but make a mess | | Similar Products Used: | white lightning, pedro's ice wax | | Bike Setup: | hardtail | | Bottom Line: | if youv'e already bought it use it as a winter lube just to get rid of it, that's what i'm doing. you're better off with white lighting of ice wax, there the same price where i've got them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jamie
a Weekend Warrior
from Eastern WA
Date Reviewed: September 10, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | does seem to clean the chain | | Weaknesses: | does not last very long | | Similar Products Used: | raceday | | Bottom Line: | From a one container (59ml)try,I can't say it is the chain lube for me, just seems to wear off to fast, there are better products out there. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Christian
a Cross Country Rider
from Oslo, Norway
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Easy to apply with the spout (better than the little red straw they used before). Works well while it lasts. | | Weaknesses: | Doesn't last. | | Similar Products Used: | Finish Line Teflon (red cap). | | Bike Setup: | 1999 Kula, D521 | | Bottom Line: | This lube works great - for about an hour, then you need to reapply. Buy the Teflon, or try something else. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dustin
a Weekend Warrior
from New England
Date Reviewed: June 15, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Maine singletrack in foothills of east coast | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Clean, smells cool | | Weaknesses: | Very runny during application, doesn't last if you ride your MTB as a MTB. | | Similar Products Used: | Pedros ATB Synlube
Pedros Dry Lube w/teflon
Tri-Flow | | Bike Setup: | GT Avalanche w/Manitou SX-R | | Bottom Line: | The "cleanliness" selling point got me to buy it. Easy to put on. Works well for road riding or tooling around town. Once on a trail with any moisture or mud, the lube disappears - literally. A few weeks ago I rode a rather wet trail. Started with a fully lubed chain. After 4 or so miles my chain was bone dry and clean. I had to cut my ride short because I was freaking out at the sounds my drivetrain was making, and I could see hours of future drivetrain use disappearing before my eyes. After that ride, I debated carrying the bottle of Krytech with me in the Blackburn Hydrapack to re-apply throughout a long wet ride, but decided to go back to Pedro's Synlube - apply it once every 3-5 rides and forget about it. Krytech is a good lube for road use, but anybody who reads this is not a roadie, so basically it blows! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tinman
a Cross Country Rider
from westhampton ny
Date Reviewed: June 6, 2000 | | Favorite Trail:< |
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$ 7.00
