On Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:45:44 -0500,
AMuzi wrote:
On 6/6/2018 3:18 PM, Theodore Heise wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 08:21:52 -0700 (PDT),
jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 8:12:20 AM UTC-7, Theodore Heise wrote:
On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 07:44:01 -0700 (PDT),
Andre Jute wrote:
On Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 10:05:28 AM UTC+1, Tanguy Ortolo wrote:

For those interested in this, after my last inquiry about
chain lubing, I decided to wax my chain...

Seems to me chain cleaning and waxing is another
sadomasochistic practice that cyclists without the
imagination to do something more productive have brought
on themselves...

Well, for me it's as simple as wishing to throw the bike in
the back of the car (or pack it for travel) without having
to worry about a greasy chain.

A little, a very little thought will tell any cyclist
that he can run the chain for its entire life on the
factory lube, and in the process win a permanently clean
bike.

All it takes is a hub gearbox (or a single speed of any
flavor you fancy), a Hebie Chainglider or lesser chain
enclosure, and a chain from a manufacturer who uses
quality lube (KMC is good and cheap besides). Then you
never again need to clean a chain or clusters or
chainrings or anything else to which the chain has spread
its filth.

I assume this is all meant facetiously.

No more than using an electric cooker to melt wax for a
chain. Skip the whole thing and go with an IGH and chain
guard. I personally run my chain through a sealed oil bath
-- after carefully cleaning each link.
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html

OMG, I'm severally chastised. How will I survive?

Seriously, it's a very simple process, and less work than
cleaning and relubing a chain. I'm not advocating it as
suitable for anyone else, just desribing how it works for me.
If that warrants chastising, I have to wonder who are the real
religious zealots.

As the doomed Heise stands on a bare stage, the chorus starts a
rumbling 'rhubarb' with ascending volume pierced by shouts of
'stone the heretic'. Curtain closes.

Don't I even get a curtain call?

--
Ted Heise West Lafayette, IN, USA