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Green Disc Eco Chain Care tool claims to save up to 90% of chain oil over standard application

The Kickstarter project back be backed from €19 with delivery in May this year.

The Kickstarter project can be backed from €19 with delivery in May this year.

If you’re fed up with getting chain lube everywhere when you re-lube your chain then this eco-friendly tool could be the answer. Created by Drivt, the Green Disc chain lubrication tool has already won the German Design Award for 2020 and is a development of the Lubri Disc, launched last April.

The Green Disc comprises two discs made from recycled plastics that house an applicator which is made from “compressed fibre fleece of natural material”. The applicator is soaked in chain lube and is designed to apply lube to your chain with no waste.

Drivt goes so far as to claim that the Green Disc “saves up to 90 percent oil compared to conventional chain maintenance”. This, they say, is because “no oil flows into the rags, no oil drips onto the frame and no harmful substances get into the soil and groundwater”.

That’s quite a claim and one that we’d be keen to investigate when we (hopefully) get one in for review. Aside from the eco-benefits, Drivt says that the tool helps you to keep your hands clean during the re-lubing process, though how much of an issue this is, we’re not sure.

How to clean and lube your bike's chain

Drivt says the tool works with low and medium viscosity lubricants which are soaked into the applicator. You then turn the cranks backward while holding the tool against the chain. Drivt claims that this transfers only the necessary amount of lubricant onto the chain.

Green Disc Chain Lube Tool 2

While the tool can be used with certain lubes, wax-based chain lube and solvent-based lubricants won’t work with the tool. It comes in a carrying tin at Drivt say eliminates oil leaks, allowing you to take the tool with you in a pannier or rucksack.

The Kickstarter project has already smashed its £5,660 goal, raising over £166,000 from 5,527 backers. You can still back the project for twelve days with pledge amounts starting at €19. This gets you the tool to use with your preferred chain lube.

For more information or to pledge, head to kickstarter.com/green-disc

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jollygoodvelo | 4 years ago
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What, you mean everyone doesn't remove their chain after each ride, electrosonically clean it, and soak it in a warm bath of fresh lube overnight before refitting?  Call yourselves cyclists.

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NickJP | 4 years ago
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I remember the inclinometer that was marketed briefly in the 1980s, the idea being that it was fastened to your top tube and told you when you were going up a hill! This idea seems equally stupid.

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Mungecrundle | 4 years ago
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Who uses a rag to apply oil to a chain? Maybe the designers saw someone using a rag to clean a chain, but that is as close to a bicycle as they actually got?

This looks like a way to waste a lot of oil by soaking it into a sponge that will then get filthy.

How in heck does such a stupid idea ever see the light of day, let alone gain a design award?

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Mybike replied to Mungecrundle | 4 years ago
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That a different product that won the design award called Lubri disk. Made by Flectr It orange in color not green

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Rapha Nadal | 4 years ago
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The ideal solution to a problem which never existed.  Honestly, who gets chain lube "everywhere" when putting it on their chain?!

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Rick_Rude | 4 years ago
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So this is basically a rag in a circle?

Seems like another solution to problems that don't exist. If I buy a new chain the initial lube usually lasts for ages and then you're not at it every ride when it does need lube. Can't really see how cyclists are pouring litres of chain oil into groundwater. Most will get applied in the garage in tiny amounts.

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Brent-Norh-Sea | 4 years ago
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How on earth is this lubricating the chain? that's lubricating the outter rollers. very little chances for the lub to enter on between the plates and zero chances to have the axle and inner side of the roller seeing a drop of oil... @liam... you must be serious when you promote a product!

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ktache | 4 years ago
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I remember in the mid to late 90s buying a chain lube, mountainbikeish perhaps, in a round tin, lube in one half, sponge in other, you wiped it on the chain.

It worked, it was different.

It was pricey, and the sponge got too filthy, I think I got 2 tubs, one more on the more extreme side.

The nozzle on the Muc Off lube bottles is a work of art, tiny dropper.  Lube is a bit hmmm though.  Shame.  Finish Line Wet only dribbles out a bit more than I want, but then I want good coverage and then wipe off, old T shirt, very little excess on the tissue when applying though.  Finish Line Dry, I have in aerosol, that's wasteful when applying, but when I used their Krytech when I could no longer get the aerosol, I got  a lot of cloggage, which is why I stuck with the wasteful aerosol Dry.

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youngoldbloke | 4 years ago
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 - and lube is being wasted by using the device to apply it to the outside of the chain. Put the lube where it's need - on the inner side.

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youngoldbloke | 4 years ago
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I use a hypodermic syringe and blunt needle (as used for refilling ink cartridges - ebay) I drop of lube per roller, exactly where required. No waste.

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Yorky-M | 4 years ago
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how is that greener than repurposing my old tee shirt and pants?

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Liam Cahill replied to Yorky-M | 4 years ago
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Please tell me you're actually wearing a t-shirt and pants and aren't *immediately* repurposing them...

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Sriracha replied to Yorky-M | 4 years ago
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Not panting on the chain are you?

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