Originally Posted by
cyccommute
It’s a chain, it wears, it’s cheap (or you should be using cheap chains because they are just the same as expensive ones), and it doesn’t need to be clean room clean.
Yes, yes, largely agree. This being said, I am trying Wipperman's Sx chains (SS & nickel plated) and found them to be worth the price difference.
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
The factory lubricant is a soft wax and will mix readily with the harder canning waxes that most people use. It will result in a softer wax...similar to Speed Wax...that won’t flake off as easily. You can think of the molten wax as just being mineral spirits with a higher melting point.
Interesting. I might introduce a third chain in my rotation. Uncleaned prior to the first paraffin bath, and see how it compares.