The Silca Super Secret Chain Lube offers the speed and silent operation of a hot-melt wax-dipped chain with the convenience of a drip-applied wax lubricant. Utilising the world’s fastest and most lubricious additive, nano-scale Tungsten Disulfide, it ensures maximum drive chain performance.
The Super Secret Chain Lube project began in early 2019 with the goal of developing the fastest hot-melt wax lubricant. Josh Poertner, CEO of Silca, had long recommended hot melt wax to pro cyclists and triathletes and aimed to bring its performance benefits to Silca customers.
The project took a significant turn when Poertner was introduced to a technology from the IndyCar world that allowed micro-scale wax powders to be put into quick-drying solutions, forming a coating indistinguishable from hot melt dipping.
The combination of air-drying liquid wax and Tungsten Disulfide quickly outperformed all available hot melt waxes in friction testing and was much faster to apply.
The nano platelets of WS2 (Tungsten Disulfide) in the Super Secret Chain Lube have less than 1/3 the dynamic coefficient friction of PTFE and 1/4 that of Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2).
The lube formula is also environmentally friendly, using four types of wax and a mild alcohol as a carrier.
- Low friction lube that brings the same advantages as hot-melt wax-dipped chains with the convenience of drip applied lubricants
- Highly lubricious Tungsten Disulfide additive
- Environmentally friendly formula
- The chain should be very clean before application
- Leave chain to dry for at least 30 minutes before riding