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Best bike chain lube 2025: Increase efficiency and lower your servicing costs
Effetto Mariposa Flower Power
Specifications
✅ You want an eco-friendly lube: The wax formula uses Sunflower seed and other natural occurring waxes, it's also vegan.
✅ You want great value for money: It's one of the cheapest lubricants to run.
❌ You want to ride in dirty conditions: The lube doesn't run as clean as other options.
Flower Power wax by Effetto Mariposa is a top-performing yet eco-friendly drip chain lubricant formulated in part using oil from Sunflower seeds. The wax emulsion is water-based, and uses a high sunflower wax content alongside other naturally occurring waxes, making it vegan too.
With a claimed application duration of roughly 600km, the lubricant set a new record during ZF testing as the lowest cost-to-run lubricant. In a comparison of wear rates from all the ZF testing blocks and conditions, Flower Power emerged as the cheapest lubricant to run with an Ultegra 11s groupset. The goal with any chain lubricant is to have to replace drivetrain components as little as possible.
For all-around riding, Flower Power is an excellent option that's green and affordable. The only potential drawback is that your drivetrain won't look as clean during use compared to some products in this guide.
