White Lightning Clean Ride Chain Lube - 32oz Squeeze Bottle for Bicycle Maintenance | Premium Bike Chain Lubricant for Smooth & Quiet Cycling | Ideal for Road, Mountain & Commuter Bikes

I used to wax my chains using a crockpot, paraffin blocks, and some Teflon powder until I tried the Clean Ride stuff. I had read about this on bike forums, but figured it was the same as the rather tedious cleaning of chain with mineral spirits and/or sonicator plus Simple Green and isopropanol. Yes, they both are wax based, with Clean Ride being wax suspended in heptane (pretty sure). Clean Ride still calls for a solid cleaning of chain before initial application, but after that it is just reapplied, resuspending and washing off the dirt on the chain. Certainly much easier than the clean and wax method u was previously using. Not a “green” solution, of course.Like paraffin, Clean Ride will not give you a perfectly clean chain. At least not if you are riding a good distance. I can still get chain marks in my legs and hands from either method. But they are both much less messy than oil based lubricants. I tend to wipe the chain down before reapplying Clean Ride as it helps in removing a good portion of the accumulated gunk on the chain. And rain will wash it out quickly, so reapplication is required after rain.Since I ride 20-40 miles per workday, I end up applying Clean Ride about once a week. I first remove the chain using a quick link and give it a good wipe down with a rag, sometimes dampened with mineral spirits, then unroll that’s chain onto an old portion of my rotting deck rail (soon to be replaced) and apply using the initial small dispenser bottle I refill with the big jug reviewed here. The dispenser bottle is key (and ample mixing), as it lets you apply it drip by drip to each link. Or as close to drip by drip as patience allows. Then let the carrier evaporate or wipe it down with a rag once more and repeat (if OCD). You can apply it while on the bike, but I find it makes a bit of a mess, dribbling onto my wheels and tires if the angle is off.As far as refilling the dispenser bottles, I use a small funnel after prying off the dispenser cap (which can be tricky as you don’t want to damage it). Shake the heck out of the big jug and carefully pour in the suspended lube.It’s not perfect as my chains do seem to get noisy earlier than the old paraffin method, which is usually my signal of when a chain is in need of reapplication or swapping out with a pre-lubed chain. I find keeping a few chains ready to go works for when I am lazy or it is raining outside.As noted, this is not my go to chain lube. Yes, it is a bit tedious to have to reapply, but it beats oil lubes and their mess.