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Thanks Highlander… go get a pot!
Announcing 12,000 km on chain 1 and 3,000 km on chain 2 on my Felt.
I went to two chains because I fully wax less often; indeed I ride two bikes and the other bike has waxed chain 3, which I re-wax from 300-400km. So after about 1,000 km of riding I re-wax.
The real Winner here is the cassette…it was NOT new when I started waxing and now has over 15,000 km, (I think I remember it being about only 600 km on oil).
The cassette is looking good and I expect 30,000km may not be out of bounds.My LBS keep telling the chain looks good the cassette is new and the chainring looks good (it has 15,000 km on wax and 10,000 km Oil).
Saving money on chains, cassettes and chainrings.
Rayon de Soleil…
Latest on the chain, as at Dec 24 2023..
chain 1 has 11,688 km and is at 0.25-0.3% wear.That is 39 waxes, at average 300km per treatment.
I dropped and then lost one side of the reusable link at about rewax 25 so cannot comment beyond 25 reuses of the reusable link just yet; yes I put a new reusable link on when that happened.I was lead to believe that 20 uses of the wax batch was the limit, however, I have thrown out two batches that looked just fine, so on batch three, I will keep using a bit longer; I currently wax 5 bikes with the batches of wax and one trainer.
As previously stated I hope, a wax batch costs about $11-$12 and about 60 cents per treatment. I plan using less PTFE by half in the next batch, that will reduce the cost to about $7 and 35 cents per treatment but I need to watch the chain wear in case it needs the extra PTFE in the mix.
Rayon de Soleil…
If no one responds, i am doing Mordi at 6:15. Or brl maybe.
Coffee is always Tailored.
Rayon de Soleil…
If no one responds, i am doing Mordi at 6:15. Or brl maybe.
Coffee is always Tailored.
Rayon de Soleil…
If no one responds, i am doing Mordi at 6:15. Or brl maybe.
Coffee is always Tailored.
Rayon de Soleil…
Great news.
I use plain paraffin wax as stated before.
I have 11k plus km on one chain running at 0.3 wear.
I started using two chains a while ago and this has 3k km on it and still running at 0.2 wear.
Cassette looks great, about 15k. The chainrings have 25k and look ok great
I am now saying i have saved two chains and one cassette cost. Happy!
Clean chains, bike and hands.
Total wax and additives cost to date $15.Update: August 2022, 8,000 km, measuring 0.25% wear.
– at this wear rate I am anticipating about 15,000 km before replacement.So far waxing has saved me ONE Ultegra Chain in cost.
The cassette looks like new; it was a few thousand km old when I went to wax.
The chain rings look great and they were 15,000 km old when I went to wax.Ray of Sunshine…
I had a small issue as my Garmin died.. so I have lost some ride data, no big deal.
but it made me review the entire wax status.
still 7K+ km. Still chain is ONLY 0.25 worn. Considering I used to get 3-4K per chain this is extraordinarily GOOD!Why are you NOT waxing?
