Originally Posted by smd4

What a way to cast aspersions on a legitimate question.

I recently waxed my chain and was sort of dismayed that there seemed to be no "coating" on the side plates. Indeed, the entire chain seems a bit dry. After reading thousands of posts and threads about the wonderful benefits of wax, I decided to give it a go. But, taken as a whole, the main benefit of waxing seemed to be only that it resulted in a "clean" chain, and no "tattooing" of legs. Hardly the benefit I'm interested in, because that was never a problem for me to begin with.

Because I knew how to properly oil my chain, "dirty chains" was never a problem (although I admit that when cleaning my chain in mineral spirits prior to waxing, the solution became much dirtier than I anticipated). So now I am left to ponder what the actual benefits of waxing chains may be. I haven't ridden the waxed chain yet--I hope to do that tomorrow. But all things considered--I'm not sure it provides me any benefit--aside from possibly being able to say, at least, "I tried it--and there's no real benefit." I guess we'll see.