Is Waxing Your Chain Worth It?

Some of you have been asking: product is called Cyclowax

I finally waxed my wife’s chain

[DanTuber]

Faster or not, it's cleaner and that's worth it.

[kpizzle]

For me chain waxing is about much less maintenance overall and quadrupling chain life 👍

[meibing]

First application is a pain. From then on its a surefire win. Cheaper to run too as it helps preserve your drivechain!

[beowolf]

Yup thats the last thing i need in my phone .. A chain lube app

[someguy]

I always waxed my chain, not just for lower friction, but greatly increased chain/sprocket life. I do have 2-3 spare for each chain type, so no need to wait for the whole process

[drsus]

the cleaner (no messy oil) chain alone is worth it

[joshuayammer]

I feel like 1mph more on a bike going 20mph+ is a lot.

[ashharazim]

extremely grateful to you for not pulling "part 2 to find out"

[King_Neptune]

"Unlike lube, it doesn't leave a mess on your hand when your done."

[Ibs]

The moment you mentioned the brand, I knew it was a sponsored ad and already knew what the outcome would be and clicked off. Ty.

[arshdeepsingh]

Love the background music man it brings back the good ole memeories

[markwatson]

Great if you live in a dry area. If youre in a wet area and the wax seal is broken you'll have a nice rusty chain underneath. But I've heard really good things from hot waxing

[irgendwer]

It definitely makes you go faster, first time I applied it I was maxing out my gears a lot sooner. Though it doesn't last very long. I found that cycling everyday 13 km after 4 days I could feel the difference

[JasonInMelbourne]

I've been waxing the chains on my 4 bikes for the last 2 years and, although I don't worry about my times, the ease of maintenance after the first application, plus increased longevity of the drivetrain is definitely worth it

[bigflipflops]

There's wax based liquid lubes you can apply as per usual to maintain it for 700-1000 miles, and then you do a full re-wax

[hansschmidt]

rewaxing every 200 miles? that is once a week...
even if the drivetrain lasts longer (which is about to be proved) the costs for the wax + the working time will outnumber the savings.

[WCIIIReiniger]

I waxed my last chain and it was a mess. Sometimes I had to reapply it every 100 km to get rid of the squeaky noise. Also my chain was long over dead after almost 2000km. It was cleaner yes, but more maintenance and I used almost a complete bottle of wax for one chain, which basically makes riding my bike 3 times as expensive when it comes to maintaining the drive train.

[redben]

Once I had a chain from sram, and it was easy to remove it and to take it back without any tool, and I have always waxed it, unlike shimano, it needs the tool

[projectnata]

Omg ty for not making those damn part 2 thank you

[OTWW]

I’m just using Squirt chain lube. It work great and it is super easy to clean.