My adventures in chain waxing: goals, reviews, suggestions...
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For best results, start with a new chain, strip of factory lubricants, then wax. Even if you didn't wash it with boiling water between waxes, the chain will keep what feels like forever (>>15000 km). Rinsing with hot water before waxing may improve on that (I don't bother).
If the chain has been used, lubed with oil, it's contaminated inside the rollers, and you'll never get that out. It'll work fine with wax, but won't last as long.
If the chain has been used, lubed with oil, it's contaminated inside the rollers, and you'll never get that out. It'll work fine with wax, but won't last as long.
Is there some decent guide on waxing I could follow? Wanna try it coming from wet lubes.
Have the Ultrasonic Cleaner anyway and just ordered some MSW.
I'd start with my Ultegra chain (approx 5000km on it. No wear measurable), clean it with the ultra sonic and chain cleaner.
Then a fine acetone bath to get everything out, then bathing in hot wax..
What I don't get:
After waxing I'll run the chain for like 200-300km (only nice weather) and then I need to do it all over again?
Have the Ultrasonic Cleaner anyway and just ordered some MSW.
I'd start with my Ultegra chain (approx 5000km on it. No wear measurable), clean it with the ultra sonic and chain cleaner.
Then a fine acetone bath to get everything out, then bathing in hot wax..
What I don't get:
After waxing I'll run the chain for like 200-300km (only nice weather) and then I need to do it all over again?
If you just rode in really filthy conditions, you can pour boiling water onto your chain in order to prevent bringing too much shit into your wax bath.
Otherwise, you can just drop your chain in the bath and be on your way.
in good weather conditions, my chain usually stands good for 4/500km - shorter if it's wet/dirty rides.
then yes, I usually take it out, and install another one (I have two chains rotating on the same drivetrain) already prepared. If both did their turn, I put them in a container with boiling water, rinse them a couple of times, dry, and go for another wax bath
Thank you! So you dont relube with any wet-wax lube "on the fly"?matcav wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 4:24 pmin good weather conditions, my chain usually stands good for 4/500km - shorter if it's wet/dirty rides.
then yes, I usually take it out, and install another one (I have two chains rotating on the same drivetrain) already prepared. If both did their turn, I put them in a container with boiling water, rinse them a couple of times, dry, and go for another wax bath
https://moltenspeedwax.com/pages/clean-your-chain That step is easier with ufo clean, they also have guide for ultrasonic cleaner but no experience with thatman1ac wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 12:44 pmIs there some decent guide on waxing I could follow? Wanna try it coming from wet lubes.
Have the Ultrasonic Cleaner anyway and just ordered some MSW.
I'd start with my Ultegra chain (approx 5000km on it. No wear measurable), clean it with the ultra sonic and chain cleaner.
Then a fine acetone bath to get everything out, then bathing in hot wax..
What I don't get:
After waxing I'll run the chain for like 200-300km (only nice weather) and then I need to do it all over again?
https://moltenspeedwax.com/pages/waxing-your-chain
https://zerofrictioncycling.com.au goes really deep with waxes as well
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what do you people do when you have a wet ride ?
i always read that you have to rewax , but also after a 20km short community ride ?
i always read that you have to rewax , but also after a 20km short community ride ?
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Top it up with a drip wax. UFO Drip, Silca Super Secret, etc.slijkplaat wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:47 amwhat do you people do when you have a wet ride ?
i always read that you have to rewax , but also after a 20km short community ride ?
I carry a small squeeze bottle with me on wet days of the Silca one and only use it when needed to avoid hearing a chirpy chain. I also learned many years back that on a hard pack dusty dirt ride, my freshly waxed chain didn’t last as long ((70+ mi) and I was squeaking on the way home. So I take the same small one ounce bottle on those rides as well. Whe I say dusty, I mean that powdery dust that gets everywhere, even inside the frame as I noticed some when changing BB bearings out a year later.
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Sorrry, but I couldn't find the answers in the post...
I had my Silca wax overheated to 140 degrees (left the crackpot on high..). Is this wax still usable or did it lose it function?
And I drive Sram AXS (force and red) chains but the drivetrain seems pretty loud when the the wax has broken in.
Same experience here? I use the Silca secret drip the fill the chain up, but rolls of as the chain is still waxed. So it doesn't seem the chain is the "raw"at that point.
Also on my "Tacx" set up which even come outside
Any info would be helpfull, thanks!
I had my Silca wax overheated to 140 degrees (left the crackpot on high..). Is this wax still usable or did it lose it function?
And I drive Sram AXS (force and red) chains but the drivetrain seems pretty loud when the the wax has broken in.
Same experience here? I use the Silca secret drip the fill the chain up, but rolls of as the chain is still waxed. So it doesn't seem the chain is the "raw"at that point.
Also on my "Tacx" set up which even come outside
Any info would be helpfull, thanks!
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Cant help you with the first question, but regarding the noise, I had the same issue when running Sram AXS waxed. In my experience a Red cassette helps dramatically with the noise.rolfo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:43 pmSorrry, but I couldn't find the answers in the post...
I had my Silca wax overheated to 140 degrees (left the crackpot on high..). Is this wax still usable or did it lose it function?
And I drive Sram AXS (force and red) chains but the drivetrain seems pretty loud when the the wax has broken in.
Same experience here? I use the Silca secret drip the fill the chain up, but rolls of as the chain is still waxed. So it doesn't seem the chain is the "raw"at that point.
Also on my "Tacx" set up which even come outside
Any info would be helpfull, thanks!