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Originally Posted by look 171
I must be really lazy compared to you guys. I remove chain, dip in whatever is available to remove oil, even gasoline. oil it and back it goes. For the past few years, I use that Squirt, done, back on the road. Once the chain starts to wear, depending how many miles I do over the year, it usually goes in the trash after winter followed by new chain installed. Its not worth confusing old chains and whatnot. My teeth are worth way more then the price of a chain.
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I was even lazier before! I have the time now, except, the more I’m getting familiar with the waxing, except for the initial deep cleaning, I think overall it will actually be less work- no degreasing and that includes the bike frame and the rims as they won’t be getting lube flung on them anymore. Once a month I will need to re-wax the four chains, but I can be doing other stuff in the shop while The wax is heating up and cooling down.
The unknown, but talked about is how much less wear happens to the gears, I spent about $600 on a new cassette, chainrings and jockey wheels, so if I can extend their life it would be nice.
My 4 chain experiment has to do with my understanding that the chain stretches and that is a big factor in the gears wearing out to match the chain gaps. I own the fancy chain checker and have tried replacing as needed, but I always have ended up with skipping on a new chain; I figure the whole mess will wear the same and together giving 4 times the life of one chain...