Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site noscvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!noscvax!powers From: powers@noscvax.UUCP (William J. Powers) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: waxed chain Message-ID: <1073@noscvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Aug-85 13:55:45 EDT Article-I.D.: noscvax.1073 Posted: Sat Aug 17 13:55:45 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 02:01:43 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego Lines: 11 Recently someone posted a good description on the waxing of chains. My only comment is that she was overly optimistic about the length of time that a waxed chain can go without servicing. I believe that she thought that a waxed chain could go once or twice a year between servicing. I have been waxing my chain in the manner in which she describes (start with a new chain) for about a year. My expericence is that I must rewax my chain about every 300 miles and certainly less than every 500 miles. With the amount of riding that I do, that means that I must reservice my chain about every 2-3 weeks. Bill Powers.