Well i got my first answer and it was a bit disappointing. 3 rides in 80km total and started getting chain noise, so ended up going for a rewax. Chain wear was reading 0.3mm prior to rewax.
i subsequently read in a few places that ultasonic bath is not best way to remove initial factory grease...
Great story. Thanks for publishing.
Mainly jealous of the man cave! Although I have to say that any man cave sofa should really have stuffing pouring out of it. And I really want to see the Audi with a bike rack.
Terrific and interesting build with excellent details.
Hope you love it.
I'm keen to understand criteria that instigate a re wax.
I hear lots of chat about chain noise, but as I'm quite deaf that may be tricky.
I guess there's a rough feeling in the drivetrain?
I was wondering if it could be judged on wear?: measured a new chain, it had 0.25mm "wear".
Waxed it and...
I saw my mates drivetrain yesterday which he does same approach as you and with same products. Have to say his chain looked as good as mine before we went riding. I guess to some extent with rewaxing you’re doing a big initial effort in a controlled environment instead of lots of smaller post...
It feels smooth. The grit doesn’t stick to the wax because it is hard. imagine if you rub grit on a candle and then wash it off. The nice thing is the jockey wheels, chain ring and cassette are also clean because there is no oil to glue the muck to them.
Can’t speak for longevity yet and also...
Only been doing it a few weeks. 6 very wet and muddy rides in old South Wales and Forest of dean. It's a good test bench especially at this time of year.
It's looking great so far. No longevity test obviously, but the cleanliness is so encouraging. I'd be very surprised if I go back to lube...
One thing I’ve found that is a royal pita and nobody mentions is the quick link. I saw a GCN vid where they waxed the link, so have been doing the same, but it is difficult to put back in the chain afterwards. Have to remove all the wax from the chain plates and from the link groove. I’m...
Do you use a solvent in the ultrasonic cleaner? I’ve been using diluted carburettor cleaner. It works well, but would like to find something less toxic and more environmentally friendly
Just put on my third cassette at 8500kms So around 4000kms per cassette. So far been changing chains every 700kms. Just started hot waxing, but too soon to see any longevity impact. Still on my first chainring Bosch Gen 4 SRAM chain ring, but much bigger than yours. Chainring doesn’t look the...
Watching with interest. Also started hot waxing few weeks back with secret chain wax. So far so good.
last year I had anNX chain that broke in exactly the same manner as your chain from the first photo after only 100 miles. I thought it was because I’d dropped down from GX, but seeing your...
How have you found the lube? I’ve got some on order.
i hot waxed a chain for first time and had terrible drivetrain problems since, so was going to try this on top of the wax to see if it makes things a bit smoother