Adventures in OCD: Today's Chain Waxing

[rockyroller]

fwiw I use a wax based liquid lube from a dropper bottle. recently gave it a wipe down with some old used mineral spirits & an old black towel

yeah I see I missed some crud but I'm not OCD about it. I'll get it next time

 

[Sea of vapours]

How often did you remove the chain for waxing?

As an overall average it would be about every 300km. That did, and still does, vary somewhat though. I don't think I went beyond 400km between waxing on that chain, and if it had been on a very wet ride for several hours then I have tended to just re-wax immediately, so possibly as little as 100km. The actual 'work' involved in removing / waxing / replacing is only 5-6 minutes (over an elapsed two hours). That compares quite favourably with 1-2 minutes to thoroughly clean and dry it with isopropyl alcohol and a microfibre towel after a wet ride and guarantees that it's 'properly reset'.

I'm now using Silca's 'Endurance chip' in the wax, so now I go up to about 600km between waxing, with an average of getting on for 500km.

 

[GarthW]

My paraffin-and-graphite chain-lube method which gives me 20,000+ miles on a chain and cassette, and keeps itself clean, is on my site at https://wilsonminesco.com/bikes/chainwax/