Proper chain waxing techs

[Dave]

I tried google and came up empty looking for articles on proper cleaning,
and waxing chains. Anyone have any links to good articles about this please?
thanks
Dave
http://www.noweldrecumbent.com

 

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On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:26:32 GMT, "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I tried google and came up empty looking for articles on proper cleaning,
>and waxing chains. Anyone have any links to good articles about this please?
>thanks
>Dave
>http://www.noweldrecumbent.com

Dear Dave,

Ah, yet another Dave posts to RBT--your name is legion.

Here's how Frank Krygowski waxes and soothes his chain:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech/msg/6cf84b6c9379c20e

Frank spices his grocery-store canning wax with a smidgen of motor
oil. Others use commercial chain waxes like White Lightning.

If you search the archives of RBT, you'll find lots of posts chain
cleaning, oiling, and waxing:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

 

[Chris Z The Wheelman]

http://www.geocities.com/czcorner/tech3.html

This is the method I use. My chains are deep cleaned and deep waxed at
the same time, each wax job keeps the chain lubed for about the same
length of time as oil based lubes (longer than some sprays) AND it
doesn't wash out as easy. This has been proven twice this year. once in
a healthy southern downpour lasting over an hour, and again in a steady
rain lasting for six. In both cases it was not necessary to relube after
as the chain remained lubricated for at least three weeks (over a
hundred miles) of further riding.

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"Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"

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[John Everett]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:26:32 GMT, "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote:

>I tried google and came up empty looking for articles on proper cleaning,
>and waxing chains. Anyone have any links to good articles about this please?
>thanks
>Dave

Here's an article I posted in 1996, and just found via google:

http://tinyurl.com/jzw3v


jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3

 

[Mike]

"Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I tried google and came up empty looking for articles on proper cleaning,
> and waxing chains. Anyone have any links to good articles about this
please?
> thanks
> Dave
> http://www.noweldrecumbent.com


This is pretty much what I follow. The main difference is I use a potporri
crock for the wax. Works great. Love how clean a waxed chain stays!!
Mike

 

[Mike]

"Mike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I tried google and came up empty looking for articles on proper
cleaning,
> > and waxing chains. Anyone have any links to good articles about this
> please?
> > thanks
> > Dave
> > http://www.noweldrecumbent.com
>
>
> This is pretty much what I follow. The main difference is I use a
potporri
> crock for the wax. Works great. Love how clean a waxed chain stays!!
> Mike

Maybe posting the link I left out of the message will help.
www.chainbutter.com.
>
>
>
>

 

[John Everett]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:07:08 GMT, I wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:26:32 GMT, "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I tried google and came up empty looking for articles on proper cleaning,
>>and waxing chains. Anyone have any links to good articles about this please?
>>thanks
>>Dave
>
>Here's an article I posted in 1996, and just found via google:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/jzw3v

I just now reread the above article, and I'd make one
addition/correction. In the article I mention reusing pins in Shimano
chains, eschewing the black pin. I managed to get away with that for
over 18,000 miles on my first Dura Ace chain, then a pin pulled out.

I no longer push old pins back in. Instead I've become a Forster Super
Link user.


jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3

 

[Dave]

Thank you for the info! I'm not too computer savy :-(
Dave
http://www.noweldrecumbent.com

"John Everett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:07:08 GMT, I wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 02:26:32 GMT, "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >>I tried google and came up empty looking for articles on proper
cleaning,
> >>and waxing chains. Anyone have any links to good articles about this
please?
> >>thanks
> >>Dave
> >
> >Here's an article I posted in 1996, and just found via google:
> >
> >http://tinyurl.com/jzw3v
>
> I just now reread the above article, and I'd make one
> addition/correction. In the article I mention reusing pins in Shimano
> chains, eschewing the black pin. I managed to get away with that for
> over 18,000 miles on my first Dura Ace chain, then a pin pulled out.
>
> I no longer push old pins back in. Instead I've become a Forster Super
> Link user.
>
>
> jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3