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Hot wax for chains. Seems like a good idea, but at £50 a pop, is it more snake oil than chain wax?
Presumably it’s mostly paraffin wax, so there must be a reasonably priced way to do this. Thoughts?
https://www.bikeradar.com/news/cyclowax-hot-wax-formulations
Corson could sell us paraffin and we could turn it into wax, oh wait…..
Ha - might triple the life of a chain used by a pro team, which probably get binned every couple of hundred miles. Would take more than some wax to triple the life of one of my chains, especially the one in a complete chain case!
That article sounds like a cyclowax press release.
To me the biggest benefits of waxing are a cleaner drive chain which will survive a bit of rain. Something a chainguard will also achieve.
I haven't waxed any of my own bikes yet but I'm definitely considering it.
It will probably save you 3W, ergo will make you muuuuch faster.
However, I beleive waxed chains collect gunk more easily and you will have lost your 3W after two races rides.
So long as your team mechanic can re-do for you after every race ride, sounds like a plan.
(so probably more a summer thing if you were to do it)
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