I had the same situation with RnR Gold, and with Dumonde Tech Lite, and people on other forums, and this one, said that wasn't possible, thanks for chiming in.TobinHatesYou wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 9:52 pmMikeD wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 5:17 pmOne would think that in a clean environment, like riding indoors on a trainer, that there would be no chain wear as that means there's metal to metal contact. That shouldn't be on a properly lubed chain with a decent lube in the absence of dirt/grit.TobinHatesYou wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 4:40 amYou could have the cleanest drivetrain on the planet and only ever ride on an indoor trainer, and your lube will still turn slightly black / dark gray because that's the metal from the chain abrading away at a microscopic level.
Wear rates are indeed reduced dramatically. I had 17000mi on a chain lube primarily with RnR Gold that never even hit 0.5% elongation. The primary type of wear this chain experienced was on the plates themselves during shifting, so much that the middle portion of each plate had begun to appear slightly more curved.
Touring/camping loads put more stress on the chain, my chain on the touring bike has about 3,500 or so miles on it and it's not registering any wear so far using Dumonde Tech.