But at least it repels dirt and mud.
Bike chain wax recipe.
1lb of household paraffin wax 5g of pure ptfe teflon powder and 1g of pure molybdenum disulfide mos 2 the wax is melted at.
The dry wax lasts maybe one ride and the wet lube makes the drive gear black and oily as buggery.
Then place chain on a metal baking tray with chunks of candle wax and put on the hob and heat gently.
Nearly used all the wet lube and shan t be buying any more then ill use up the dry stuff and wont buy any more of that either.
The main advantages of the method i use dipping the chain in hot wax is that once you re set up it s fast it s easy and it produces a chain that neither picks u.
Before a chain reaches its watt saving sweet spot it must be run in to allow the wax layers to settle.
The key word is clean the darn thing once or twice a week.
Jon teaches you how best to do it here.
Although it might seem a bit odd there are a number of benefits to waxing your chain.
The cleaning process also removes contaminants and debris from the chain that increase friction.
Also my winter bike has done over 3k miles on the 105 chain and cassette with no problems ill fix it when it breaks.
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Cleaning a chain is a simple straight forward process and critical first step in waxing a chain.
Cut bicycle chain.
If you are properly set up you can use paraffin wax to lubricate your bike chain.
The recipe for the ultrafast lube is surprisingly simple.
Lubricating a bicycle chain using paraffin.
Chain dries out wax melts chain sucks up molten wax chain has to get hot else wax stays on.
