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Wax Lubricant

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  1. [font=Arial]Just ordered myself a bottle of this new fangled wax lube for my chain. Anyone used it yet? Is it worth using or should I stick to the regular oily stuff? Seems like a good idea, no dirt sticking to chain and cassette or at least thats what it says on the bottle. Should I bin it or is it worth using? Anyone? 😕[/font]

  2. I think the major downside is that you have to apply it more often as it wears off fast.

  3. deewire said:

    [font=Arial]Just ordered myself a bottle of this new fangled wax lube for my chain. Anyone used it yet? Is it worth using or should I stick to the regular oily stuff? Seems like a good idea, no dirt sticking to chain and cassette or at least thats what it says on the bottle. Should I bin it or is it worth using? Anyone? 😕[/font]

    Seems to lube well - still gotta clean your chain, sprockets and deraillers tho'. 😉

  4. deewire said:

    [font=Arial]Just ordered myself a bottle of this new fangled wax lube for my chain. Anyone used it yet? Is it worth using or should I stick to the regular oily stuff? Seems like a good idea, no dirt sticking to chain and cassette or at least thats what it says on the bottle. Should I bin it or is it worth using? Anyone? 😕[/font]

    Once the liquid carrier has evaporated, there is no liquid to attract dirt.
    That's the good news.
    Once the liquid carrier has evaporated, there is no liquid to flow where lubrication is needed.
    That's the bad news.
    I suggest you use oil and wipe off everything you can on the outside of the chain. Try to make sure that it just flows into the inside of the rollers where the lubication is needed... and a little where the inner and outer links interface. If you can see the lubricant, you don't need it, other than as a rust inhibitor.
    Wipe you chain down before and after each ride... and if you are taking a long ride... wipe off the crud/grit/seepage during the middle of you day.

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