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According to Silca the squeaking is mostly from the sideplates
Yeah that does make sense, when I look at the chain it looks like it still has good coverage. My previous experience of wax based lubes has not been good, watery piss that just makes a big mess. Is that not the case now ? What recommended?
HousecatHST
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According to Silca the squeaking is mostly from the sideplates, and wax should still be present in the rollers doing its job. I think they covered this when talking about riders topping up their chainlube on rides like Unbound XL. The first time I used immersion wax on a brand new chain I just topped up with drip wax when it got noisy. After 3000kms the 0.25 chain checker thingy still didnt go in it.
I now rotate 2 chains every 600km or so. Immersion wax them at together at the end of the 1200km, drip wax in the meantime. Takes a good 30 minutes to do both chains.