Originally Posted by
83cannondale
... I did a 3 day1000k recently with a newly waxed chain and it was fine the whole distance. A little rain day 2. Might have started squeaking toward the end. One disconcerting thing though- the weather dipped to upper 30s f and the chain got stiff so shifting suffered. No one else has mentioned that...
A 1,000k in March? That's quite an early season accomplishment! There's another thread where someone is complaining about poor shifting with a waxed chain in cold weather, but I think it was well below freezing in that case. While it makes sense that it could happen, I haven't noticed it myself.