Originally Posted by
elcruxio
It definitely can be burdensome if you don't have a good system in place. But once you do it does save time in maintenance and cost in replacements. Depending of course on where you live. If you live somewhere sunny and nice, anything works. If you live where I do there are things that work and things that definitely do not.
Samesies! That's what I think too! That's why I like doing it less. And with hot waxing I can.
Now I don't know where you live but judging from your comments I'm going to assume it's not really challenging weather wise. For us here squirt and wipe isn't really viable unless you don't mind bad shifting, drivetrain losses and replacing chains and drive train components often.
I do a double boiler with a metal dog bowl. Bent coat hangar to hold the chain. Same procedure that 95% of people use.
When I tour I ride in all weather, but at home I only ride in good weather. For recreational rides, why would I go if it is raining? I just wait till the next day. Cost of replacing worn drivetrains is not a factor for me. Bicycle components are extremely cheap, much cheaper than maintaining cars. I wax only for the benefit of clean legs.
For bad weather, it doesn't matter if it's oil or wax, it's all gone after one wet ride and the chain is making noise. With oil I just squirt and wipe. With wax even if I'm rotating between several chains, I still have to physically swap the chain. Later I have to re-wax all the chains in the kitchen. If I was riding in rain frequently I would be in the kitchen all the time which is not something I want to do. So I stay with oil for bikes that see bad weather.