How about doing the same test with less expensive lubes so we can see if the extra cost of the expensive ones provides any additional benefit?

Superb test. I appreciate the effort that went into this.

Excellent work!

Excellent testing

Excellent work, friends. Putting the scientific method to good use.

I would like to see the raw data and methodology used to calculate things like: "normalized to everything at 250W" and the +/- 2% margin of error. I was taught very strictly in my engineering studies that when there is a margin of error in your source of measurement, there must be accompanying error bars on the final results! For example, it's reported that the losses of UFO and Graphenlube are ~7W and 5.3W. Since both power meters are +/-2%, this means that both of them are +/-5W (if the reported power is 250W). If I've understood correctly, this means the results presented are inside the margin of error of both devices, and thus and we cannot say anything significant from this experiment. Imagine the Rotor reads 5W lower than the ground truth, and the Neo reads 4W higher. Without accounting for sources of error, the chain looks 9W more efficient than it actually is.

Nice video. Thank you. Would you recommend Graphenlube for mountain bikes ,given all the dirt and mud they are subject to?

I'm very happy with the Ceramicspeed UFO! And I don't care much about the powersaving because what you don't tell here is that a good liquid wax is also longer lasting and easier to maintain than a normal lube!

Would be good to compare against a 'value' lube

Thanks for this. Silca Synergetic also making grand claims. Worth a test?

Real q. In UK winter, my bike gets a full clean every ride. So chain gets new lube every ride. So are these more expensive waxes / lubes more appropriate for fair weather riding where that bike gets cleaned..... less frequently? Thanks, excellent and informative video

I have been using Revolube over the winter and I am extremely impressed. Nothing sticks to it, leaving both drive train and chain spotless. Yes, it can be a faff to set up first time, but awesome when done. I have used both Paraffin wax and Squirt previously, but this now my go to. It filthy British weather, this comes out tops....

Why lube the outside of the chain? Its the inside you should be lubing. The contacts between chain and sprockets

I’d be keen to see those lube against a few others - 1) wax bathed chain with a home mix parafin 2) a wax bathed chain with the graphemes hot wax and 3) a cheaper LUBE like Muc off C3 Excellent test though and eye opening

Great work, thanks for that. But you really should test the lubes from silca. That stuff is amazing. And not that expensive.

Well. Thanks for that! Revolubes works like a magic You cannot see it But its IN the metal itself! Amazing. I guess the other two are great too- you cant go wrong here... Also silca sscl, trutension tungsten , and just parafin wax are great- all are smooth, fast and clean! Strangely, after all this corona incident, Sometimes i feel that riding my bikes is only excuse to lube my chain .. 😉

He didn't report the standard errors, so we don't know if the reported differences are statistically significant

I bought 5kg of food grade paraffin wax for aud$25. ~95% as good as the most expensive lubes according to Friction Facts reports and very cheap. My chain wear has plummeted too, no black grease and I degrease with boiling water and wipe with rag

Watt oil do the pro's use?

Great video, be interesting to know your views on Tungsten banana slip lube

What about Silca silca silca?? The new old boy on the block by Josh Peortner, how does it compare to these guys

What was also proven here was that submerging a chain in your chosen lube is better than dripping it on roller by roller. My guess would be that both UFO and Revolube would perform a little better using the same application technique as AB.

So thats how you are beating me on Zwift!😉

If the accauracy of the measurment is within +/-2% then everything within this region is simply pure imagination. I cant't comprehend where you took that inaccuracy into account.

Wait at 5:42 don't they advise to apply the lube on each link on the side that actually rubs on the chainring and cogs, instead of outside of it? Not sure if it has a huge performance effect, but it should reduce excess lube 💸💸💸

I use purple extreme, so much less messy then wet lubes!!!

I am enjoying the graphenwax, much cheaper than the lube, and very smooth for 300 miles between recoat.

did you pay the youtube oligarchs to be the first result when typing ufo or are you just lucky

Squirt FTW

Over 7k miles on a chain using only revolube. Keep measuring wear...keep riding the same chain!

"in case you're wondering, no we were not sponsored"... 10 seconds later: *Dave reading Graphenelube blurb very sarcastically off a hastily printed piece of paper*

Ha ha ha! indoor trainer! What about the real world of dust, mud & gravel, which lube works and which doesn't?

Since me other comment got deleted I will just say this, I ain't dumb enough to waste my money on expensive chain lube.

Zfc, ifykyk

Hmmmmm