When I bought my Kickr and started Zwifting, I started looking for a chain lube that was as clean as possible and wouldn't pose a risk to anything that touched it by accident. A bit of Googling brought up a product called Revolube. Revolube isn't a traditional wet lube or new-fangled dry lube, it's a surface friction modifier.
This is what Revolube say about the product, taken from their website:
Our well-developed and proven technology provides you with extraordinary performance under load, ensuring smooth drivetrain operation under any condition by bonding chemically with the chain's material, forming a microscopic, mono-molecular, wear resistant and dry coating, embedded into the chain’s surface.
You apply it by degreasing your chain as thoroughly as possible and using the provided pipette to apply a tiny drip to each link. You then gives your cranks a good spin to work the lube into the links, leave it a while, and run your chain through an old t-shirt to get the outside of the chain as clean and dry as possible. I found the product ideal for Zwifting. The chain runs smoothly and silently while the outside remains clean and dry and isn't a danger to legs or clothing. I re-applied at ~400 miles as a precaution but Revolube say 700 is entirely possible.
I haven't been able to test it in the rain yet but given that calcium sulphonate is added to grease to make it more waterproof, I have very high hopes - a great product!
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