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Originally Posted by bshell
Josh/everybody --
I've been very happy with melted wax the last few years but I feel like the chain needs to be redipped on my single speed mtb more frequently on any of my geared bikes (road or dirt).
Is their any explanation to this other than my faulty imagination?
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I first started waxing with Squirt drip wax on my FS 29er. I wiped the chain and re-lubed almost every ride, and with a SRAM XX1 chain I got 3,000 miles from that chain. Road chains last me longer. Currently since I have switched to crockpot waxing I have two XX1 chains for that bike and plan to swap chains every 1,500 miles, with drip wax in between. I don't know if this is optimal but I have had this bike for over 8 years, something over 5,000 miles, and I'm on the original XX1 cassette except for the largest aluminum cog which I have replaced once. I did have to replace the 26T chainring!