Choose your chain's next lubricant
for speed, cleanliness and savings.
A decision tool for chain lubricants. Tell it what you ride, where, and how — and get a shortlist, a side-by-side, or a multi-stage plan. Built for riders who want the answer quickly, with the underlying ZFC test data one click away.
Three ways in
Pick the one that fitsThe best lubes in each category
Top 5 immersive waxes, top 5 wax-emulsion drips, top 5 oils — the shortlist. No sliders, no scenario, no jargon.
L'Étape · UNBOUND · Cape Epic
Bucket-list events with pre-configured scenarios. Pre-event, mid-event, post-event strategy — zero config required.
Dial in everything, your way
Application, conditions, distance, temperature, maintenance tolerance, priorities. Full scenario builder with URL-shareable results.
The case for waxing your chain — even if you've never cleaned one properly.
The bottle price isn't the actual cost. By the time you add cassette wear, chainring wear, cleaning consumables, kit, laundry, and your own time, the cheap drip lube is often more expensive than the wax — sometimes considerably so. Wax wins on all of those — and the worse your current chain habits, the bigger the savings. Five-minute read, written for the rider who's been splash-and-dashing for years and assumes wax is faff.