Purple Extreme Performance Synthetic Chain Lubricant, High Mileage Bicycle Lube

This stuff is my go to chain lube for my E-Bike. Nice small bottle that I carry with me on long rides. I add to the chain about every 25 miles when out on a long ride. Very thin oil that lubricants very well and doesn’t pick up too much dirt. Have over 500 miles on my first chain. Still going strong.

I have been using this brand of lubricant for about 40 years. It is simple to use and last a long time. Other wax type might be better, but I am not a competitive ride and enjoy a quiet chain.

Over the years I've tried numerous chain lubes and they all seem to fall short of the desired effect. Clean well oiled chain attracts dirt and things go south quickly. Extreme Purple goes on wet and once the carrier oil flashes off what is left behind is a dry extremely effective dry lube that resist dirt attraction. One suggestion I would make is to help mother nature out a bit. If you follow the instructions you are to apply , wipe excess, and let sit over night for best results. The problem I've had is unless the weather is extremely warm the carrier oil never seems to evaporate leaving once again a wet chain prone to dirt attraction. What I do now and works great is this. Clean the chain. Roll into a flat tight circle and place on a piece on scrap ceramic tile. Take an electric heat gun an warm the chain so its nice and warm. Now with the chain heated apply the chain oil. You can see it being sucked into the rollers . If the oil smokes the chain is to hot. Now once lubed put the chain on the bike. Now if correctly done the chain is still a little damp. Take the heat gun and while turning the crank slowly warm the chain as it rotates drying the remaining oil. Once dry Purple Extreme works great and preforms as promised.

Awesome stuff

I am giving this a try. As a long time White Lightning user, I finally got fed up with the waxy build up on my cogs. Chains lasted well, but the annual feel cleaning was a pain. After buying a new mountain bike, I was reading reviews on MTBR.com and in the maintenance area, there was a long discussion on chain lubes. The conversation around purple extreme was intriguing, and I took a chance. First, I removed and thoroughly cleaned/degreased the chain. A new chain comes with this assembly lube that makes it glide like butter, and shift super smooth. But that comes with a price, this lube is a dirt magnet, so after a couple of off road rides, the chain has collected a lot of gritty dirt. Off it comes. Following the directions, about 1/4oz of purple extreme applied, and while the drivetrain is not as smooth with the assembly lube, it is still a crisp shifter. 4 rides in, the chain is fairly "dry" to the touch, but not noisy, the indication of a good application. A few more rides and I will repeat. I suspect if I rode in the rain a lot, I would breakdown and run a wet application of Finish Line, but for my typical riding, this seems to be a good compromise.

Best chain/drivetrain lube available. MTBing since 1999, I've long-term used a wide variety - the boeing T9, white lightning, other wet and dry lubes. Purple Extreme is THE BEST hands down. Used it exclusively on my pivot Firebird 29 and wifes yeti SB150 for 4 years now, and both got over 3000 hard miles on XO 12spd cassette, 1 mech only 2 chains! All miles are hard miles singletrack, live in Colorado most rides are climb first then descend, mostly dry and lots of red gritty dust. Lot of drive train abuse, shifting under load and grinding, etc. Not rail-trail riding - over a dozen whole enchilada, dozen Mag7, couple dozen Ahab, Monarch, Breck, Wydaho, AZ, BVille etc so you get the picture. Follow the sheldon brown application technique, backpedaling and micro dripping between chain roller and sideplate. Let it set in sun a few hours or overnight, then wipe off any excess. Don't overwash your bike! Water is bigger enemy than dust! I often re-apply Purple Extreme to my chain without washing. And don't need to apply it for every ride ... I would do about every 75-100 miles of singletrack rides and not the claimed 400 (assume thats roadies). My mech pullys and chainring get red cake on them from lube + dust, and thats OK - again washing is a bigger enemy. I know bike shops and wrenches will disagree with my minimalist washing approach, but they sell things such as parts and service. And I also apply drop at pedal/crank pivot point, 3K miles on one-up composite pedals only changed them due to wore the platform damage ground down thin couldn't change pins anymore. Caveat - dunno in chronic wet riding IE PNW, BC how Purple Extreme performs long term.

Living in the mountains of North Carolina and working in the bike industry I’ve tried many different lubricants over 20 years. Some better than others but when I put this on the first time and went for a 3 hour ride in the rain and mud it took some serious abuse. I washed my bike in the creek to clean the brakes out and washed mud off the drive train twice and still it’s the first time I’ve ridden in throes conditions and not have my drivetrain grind on the ride up. It literally didn’t seem possible..! Not sure what’s in this stuff but it’s some kind of force field for dirt because I’ve never experience such smooth drivetrain even in the dry!! Will definitely be my go to for lines from now on.

Excellen item