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My freshly waxed chain is hanging up and coolin' down. My thoughts on the process - the initial cleaning of the chain is far and away the most significant effort; the actual waxing is trivial. Since the cleaning only has to happen once per chain, the rest of the year should be smooth sailing... if it all works as advertised. Fingers crossed. Hopefully I'll get in a ride tomorrow and see how it does on the road.
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Tires are nearly 2lbs apiece, rims are about 1.25 lbs apiece. Unfortunately I neglected to weigh the hubs.
Riding through some sandy washes without a worry in the world makes the weight totally worth it.
I was worried about the tyre weight when I was weighing them, but then I looked on the spreadsheet and ye olde Walmart Mongoose 27.5 x 2.8" tyres were 1900 grams apiece!!!!
Riding through some sandy washes without a worry in the world makes the weight totally worth it.
I was worried about the tyre weight when I was weighing them, but then I looked on the spreadsheet and ye olde Walmart Mongoose 27.5 x 2.8" tyres were 1900 grams apiece!!!!
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I still have a couple of 26ers in regular use. Conti Race Kings are nice at 420 grams, and for ultra weight weenie gravel/cx action, the amazing Kenda Klimax which got as light as 330 grams, but you don't really see them anymore.
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Maybe word is getting out that THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH AIRPLANES.
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My freshly waxed chain is hanging up and coolin' down. My thoughts on the process - the initial cleaning of the chain is far and away the most significant effort; the actual waxing is trivial. Since the cleaning only has to happen once per chain, the rest of the year should be smooth sailing... if it all works as advertised. Fingers crossed. Hopefully I'll get in a ride tomorrow and see how it does on the road.
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My understanding is that it won't need another solvent-based cleaning even if I ride through the muckity muck. Stuff doesn't stick to the nearly the same degree as oil/grease - most just pop the chain back straight back in to the wax pool or, if needed, run some boiling water over it before dunking; I can dispense that from my espresso machine on any given morning.
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My freshly waxed chain is hanging up and coolin' down. My thoughts on the process - the initial cleaning of the chain is far and away the most significant effort; the actual waxing is trivial. Since the cleaning only has to happen once per chain, the rest of the year should be smooth sailing... if it all works as advertised. Fingers crossed. Hopefully I'll get in a ride tomorrow and see how it does on the road.
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Dark and rainy this morning.
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No, but I've seen that video - looks like a huge, messy pain in the ass. That guy, Cycling Oz, has shifted his process since - he recommended the cold water dunk when he was mixing paraffin wax and paraffin oil. Now he's using wax and PTFE, much like Molten Speed Wax (BTW, I found out yesterday that MSW is based in my metro area - cool). Anyway, Oz now recommends wiping with a clean shop rag right out of the bath. MSW recommends just letting it drip and cool, which is what I've done. It doesn't look like there's that much wax on the outside, so I don't think that it'll get caked, but we'll see.
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Got in so early this morning I had to use my card to get up to our otherwise unsecured floor. Anti-slacking.
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I wasn't happy giving up that hour of sleep the other night, but I'll admit to seeing some benefit - my wife and I are at least getting some temporary relief from our daughter's Circadian clock. She's usually up with the sun, and she was starting to walking in to our bedroom before 7am pretty regularly. Having her sleep past 8:00 this morning is wonderful - it's giving me a little more time to get stuff sorted for (knock on wood) a ride a little later.
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Only one in Philly today.
I'm working in tights and sandals.
It's good to be king.
I'm working in tights and sandals.
It's good to be king.
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