SIMPLYFAST has launched its latest lubricant known as 123BIKE, which the corporate claims to be the cleanest, best technique to lubricate a motorcycle chain. 123Bike comes prepared to use utilizing their new SoftBlock – or Lube Dice – which is positioned immediately onto the chain because the chain is backpedaled, permitting the lubricant to coat all of the hyperlinks. Whereas this may increasingly sound just like utilizing drip wax, 123Bike bike eliminates waste from spillage and packaging. The Lube Dice is a chainlube for biking’s minimalists, and jogs my memory of a bar of tub cleaning soap you would possibly discover in an affordable resort, besides as an alternative of drying out your pores and skin, it retains your bike’s chain slippery and freed from contaminants.
The 50g SoftBlock matches simply in a jersey pocket or pack. 123BIKES’s high-density lubricants declare to face as much as high-torque/high-power extra successfully than commonplace bike lubricant sprays or liquids. So, whether or not you’re commuting year-round and wish to hold your drivetrain joyful or want a brilliant compact and spill-proof chainlube in your subsequent ultralight bikepacking journey, 123BIKE may very well be an important decide. Because it’s not bottled, airport safety gained’t take difficulty with it being in baggage. A single 50g block can ship 1000’s of miles of lubrication for a mean rider, and blocks begin at $9.99 (although transport will add $6).
Eco-conscious riders will respect that 123BIKE is claimed to be essentially the most eco-friendly lube available on the market, utilizing solely FDA-approved components. There are not any chemical compounds, petroleum, or artificial paraffins, PTFE (Teflon)/ PFAS, commonplace or nano particulate pollution in 123BIKE.
Admittedly, there isn’t a wealth of details about 123BIKE, and admittedly, I’m extra OK with that in an age when plenty of individuals wish to take hours treating their chains in a gradual cooker after utilizing a number of poisonous solvents to prep them. We have now requested for clarification on just a few issues, together with the melting level, whether or not it must be utilized to a series with manufacturing facility coating, or not, and the place it stacks up in chain put on and effectivity towards the present crop of drip wax choices. As somebody who likes to spend as little time sustaining my bikes as potential, but in addition calls for tip-top efficiency, I respect SIMPLYFAST’s method right here. 123BIKE can be out there in some native bike retailers or on-line at event-gear.com.
