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Yeah I've been using MSW (not topping it up with any drip wax either) for almost 2 years now and it's great
Am I misreading? - you've not rewaxed AT ALL for 2 years?
Yes you're misreading. I don't use any drip wax to top it up. I take my chain off and reapply wax in my slow cooker as and when it needs it. More often in winter/wet conditions but it's still significantly faster than trying to keep a muddy wet lubed drivetrain clean.
It's also handy to have some sort of thermometer so you know roughly what temperature the wax is at.
Got a non-contact one I had for an older pizza oven. Think that should do the job there.
My other tip is to avoid hollow-pin chains. I have just one of the things and the wax basically fills the pins
The two chains I want to use it on most are hollow pin. Thanks for the heads up on this, I'll remember to do the poking out thing.
less durable in wetter conditions ime
Be interesting to see how it gets on with CX! I think I'd take rewaxing after every race if it lasted the duration.
10:1 Surfex HD, that went much dark much quicker than I expected and a lot darker than I expected given the chain looked quite clean from the outside!
Is the Silca "strip chip" suitable for preparing a used chain for waxing? Or is it just for factory grease removal?
3 runs of surfex hd cleaned the chain (+1 for luck and 2 IPA rinses). Reused the fluid on the oily car engine 😜. Chain now nicely waxed.
They say the strip chip is only for new chains because they've tested it with the grease that major chain manufacturers use.
Having said that, they also say you can put the Silca oil lube in the wax for winter, then return it to normal with a strip chip so clearly it works with some oils.
Zero Friction Cycling is taking votes on their 3 minute YouTube video about what lube to check next.
Putoline is on his list so with enough votes STW could maybe get that to the top of the list.
I emailed Adam about Putoline last month and he said it wasn’t on their radar down under but he would add it to the list, which he mentioned was rather long. So it’s great to see we have some sort of chance to influence it.
So thanks for that Onzadog.
If you do this, it remains clean and lubed for months.
Have to say I never managed to get the results with putoline that others talked about. I did use a mini deep fat fryer, and I subsequently read that apparently you can over-cook putoline if it gets too hot, so I wonder if that's what I did. I've been trying Squirt, and it's good, clean, but doesn't last long faced with North Tyneside's finest filth - gritty, wet, sloppy muddy stuff et al.
Did a wet ride with the Silca +1 Endurance chip blend and not a hint of any noise or indeed rust so looks promising…
Yeah, I think I might have over cooked my Putoline. There's not much in the way of instruction for it.
If Adam does test it, it will be really interesting to see how it compares to the best of the rest.
Did a wet ride with the Silca +1 Endurance chip blend and not a hint of any noise or indeed rust so looks promising…
I get around 150-180km of wet riding before it starts to sound like its going to need redone. If i SSCL the chain at around 110km, it's good to about 200-250km and then again, needs redone with SSCL. In these conditions, it will need completely redone at 300km. These are cold (0 deg and below) temps on main a/b commuter roads and unnamed country lanes, so will have been gritted and/or are filthy.
200km on the brand new 12sp chain on the Yeti and still not needed a thing despite all of those 5-6 rides being a mudfest. All these rides were 6-7degrees+ and sunny.