GREEN OIL WET CHAIN lUBRICANT

Your Any Weather Wet Lube - Coming soon in Prevented Ocean Plastic!

£9.99

Green Oil chain lube was developed in 2007, and is the country's if not the World's first biodegradable bike chain lube. It lasts in excess of 125 miles on the chain per application and has won a wealth of awards - from environmentalists and the bike industry based purely on performance.

Green Oil Wet Chain Lube has an easy to use and much imitated 'snap cap'. Simply twist and pull off in one go. It has a fantastic long nozzle, easy to get into hard to reach areas.

Green Oil Wet Chain Lube now contains N-Toc, a special refined plant extract to increase durability, increasing the length of time between applications.

Green Oil can also be used for cables, brake leavers, bike locks and for other lube applications. It's versatile.

We don't want to encourage too much flying - climate change being a problem of course, but if you do need to take a plane you an take Green Oil with you. Green Oil is within the 100ml fluid limit, so you can even take it in your hand luggage (for a cheeky bit of on plane bike maintenance perhaps!).

Penetrates
Lubricates
Protects
Prevents rust
Lasts over 125 miles per application
100% recycled plastic bottle
Soon in Prevented Ocean Plastic

5 litre

Why use chain oil?

A chain can be over 99% efficient in transferring energy from your pedaling to kinetic energy to drive the bike forward. Friction occurs between links, and lubricating the chain reduces this - increasing efficiency. Also, your bike chain is exposed to the elements: water + steel = rust. Rust = reduced efficiency. Rust and wear due to friction of course make cycling more difficult, but also reduce the life of your bike chain. Green Oil chain lube reduces both, extending the life of your chain and reducing friction, for a smoother ride.

How to apply

Ensure the your bike is secure
Preferably clean the chain first, and dry. (A wipe down with a rag is better than nothing)
Work out how many times you need to spin the cranks for one chain circulation - Slowly turn the cranks backwards, watching a single chain link go all the way around.
Apply Green Oil to the top part of the bottom half of the chain- see the digram below. Apply to one length of the chain. Apply to the 'rollers', the cylinders on the chain.
Carefully spin the cranks a few times.
Wipe off excess from the outside of the chain with a rag. It's most important to have lube between the links of the chain, rather than on the outside

NB. If there is snow, we recommend not doing part 6. Instead put two layers of Green Oil Wet Chain Lube on, ensuring the whole chain is coated. Salt on the roads means you need extra protection, as salt causes rust. Lots and lots of chain oil is a good thing in these conditions. Generally though a thin layer is cleaner and more efficient.

How is Green Oil green?

Other chain lubes out there contain PTFE and petrochemicals. They don't even bother with proper recycling information! This is crazy, as every fluid used on a bike ends up in the environment, and usually on a mechanic's hands. And your hands, and in your garden. Most street drains lead to rivers too.

PTFE creates a carcinogen in its production.
PTFE accumulates in the food chain, after your bike chain. We don't use PTFE
Petrochemicals often do harm in the environment and aquatic life

We therefore don't use PTFE or petrochemicals, only natural ingredients.

Green Oil Wet Chain Lube is 100% biodegradable.

We don't use palm oil - all our ingredients are sustainably sourced. We use plant based ingredients, natural molecules with similar long chain molecules to those found in petrochemicals. The mixture used is sticky enough to stay on the chain, but not so sticky excess dirt sticks to it.

Every Green Oil bottle is made from 100% recycled plastic - so don't be surprised if the bottle is a curious colour!

We are phasing in Prevented Ocean Plastic to our bottles. Our supplier sets up recycling schemes in poorer countries where plastic often ends up in rivers, or directly into the sea. These coastal communities and people near rivers benefit from cash for bottle collections, Prevented Ocean Plastic setting up waste schemes that give money to those collecting bottles. Plastic bottles are cleaned, and ground up, and this plastic is then used in the manufacture of Green Oil bottles. Have you ever seen rivers full of plastic, or coastal areas covered in plastic packaging? Prevented Ocean Plastics prevent this and Green Oil UK Limited is proud to be working with them for a greener future for our oceans. This is an important add-on to our goal of eliminating PFAS chemicals including PTFE from the bike industry forever. Another goal is closed loop recycling - where every peice of packaging is either re-used or recycled in an almost closed loop with minimal new inputs. Our bottle supplier is on board with this and taking the concept global.

Recycling information

Green Oil UK Limited will pay you 20p in cash for your old Green Oil chain lube bottle. Selected retailers will refill your bottle for a 10p or 20p discount. This concept is widespread in most countries where deposit bottles are used for beer and other drinks, but lagging in Great Britain currently. We're bringing back! See us at the next trade show for your 20p in cash! You can of course though recycle your Green Oil bottle. The cap is made of polypropylene - plastic type 5. We're honest about it - most councils in the UK don't take plastic type five and therefore the cap. Please clean and recycle your bottle after removing the cap. Here are the recycling codes:

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