I think h20 pretty much immediately washes out wax. I wax my chains as I hate chain grease, but live in the land of no water. If I were you, I wouldn't mess with it. Just stick w/ Boeshield or similar.
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 1:57 AM, Teit <[email protected]> wrote: > I found this from an old Rivendell Reader: > http://www.recumbentblog.com/images/rivendell-1992-wax.pdf > > In fall og early winter it rains quite often where I live, and the > chain picks up a lot af dirt and gravel which works like a good > grinding paste. Not good. > > I guess that the wax will wash out earlier in these conditions, but > would it be a good idea to have two chains and just clean and shift > one a week using the wax method? I commute around 150 miles each week. > And normally maintain bike in the weekends only. > > I think my question is, if the benifits of waxing the chain will be > present for 150 miles in wet conditions? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
