After installing a new 48 t Pro 5 Vis ring on the '03 (the old one had too much runout; hope with this new one the runout is back to the tolerable average of all the P5V rings I've used) I thought to check my chain: at 75%, so, with a bag of cheap SRAM 9 speeders bought in bulk a few years ago (the Dingle cog requires a 9 speed or narrower) I replaced it, and it is now seething in the crockpot of Molten Speed Wax.
I'd stopped waxing with plain paraffin a few years ago because I was tired of noise after 100 miles, and ~2000 miles to 75% wear. Since then I've been using various bottled "dry" lubes, and being quick and lazy: just wipe chain vigorously with a dry cloth, apply link by link, let dry, wipe again. Well! That 25%-life-remaining chain had 5023 miles on it. That means a theoretical life of about 7K miles. So, Anne: while pure paraffin (well, I used to use the stubs of big ornamental candles as well as canning paraffin) certainly keeps the outside of the chain sparking in dry sand, it seems that it doesn't lube the innards as well as other things. The Matthews now has a grand total of about 10-12 miles of dirt on the newly Speed Waxed chain (about half the 26 miles since waxing it 10 days ago -- have been riding the Rivs, mostly), and dirt that is very fine sand and coats everything. Rubbing my finger along it just now, they collect as little dirt as they did with the chain waxed with plain paraffin. So I have high hopes for this stuff. *And*, while I was checking old records, I also discovered that the Elk Pass tires on the '03 have 3,584 miles on the; *and* I don't see near-terminal wear yet on the rear. These are 175 or 180 gram tires, my friends, and I ride them regularly, for 2-3 miles at least, on our local dirt and gravel. Compare that to the 559 X 32 Paselas I used to ride, which were lucky to get 2K miles on pavement! Patrick Moore, who is exasperated by the fiddly, soft P5V hardware, in ABQ, NM -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
