Toespeas

this company absolute black made this spiffy lube with graphine , uh graffine , in it ?
so i just took some graphite powder and mixed it with my cheap wax lube , its a bit messy but maybe its worth the effort to squirt a 2 dollar powder tube into a 4 dollar bottle of wax lube , and save the money on over priced lube .

do note this if for my wax lube brothers and sisters , all you weirdos that soak your chain in motor oil , or melted butter , just click back to the main page and skip this post , STOP , dont do it , its not worth it !

Troul 

Mixing tide pods with candle wax makes for an organic coating dirt deterrent detergent that smells nice.

shelbyfv

waxlubeisworthlesschangemymind....

smashndash

so... did it work?

Toespeas

i think it has potential , but its hard to say what mixture ration will yield the best results , so ok here is my thing about it ok , the absolute black lube is pretty much black and dirty , i have been using the clean ride wax for over a year and it seems to work fine , i race with it , road and cross , never came across any lube that would " change my mind " but adding the powder makes it dirty lube and can rub off on your pants and hands , so maybe its best for race day , i am really not equipped to do any scientific tests but maybe someone that can will and we know for sure , i did feel the first time i used it combined with a really clean chain , i felt a slight increase in efficiency , i was holding 23 mph a lot easier that i normally do , and for me 23 mph is usualy the speed i can hold solo in wind for over an hour on somewhat flat roads like slightly below a crit race pace , which i usualy go full gas and can hold 24 to 25 if im lucky !

smashndash

So it didn’t seem to hurt anything? How many miles do you get from a wax? How long does it last with the graphite? Any difference in noise?