[rwest]

Nice!

Well, I went through a month and changed my chain every Sunday; doing between 130 and 185 miles per week.

Today I put all the used chains into a pot of water and boiled off the old wax. I’ve heard that you can also just wipe any surface dirt off and re-wax, but I think a quick boil will make it less likely to contaminate the wax pot.

My biggest lesson learned through this process was that instead of being a cheapskate and buying a $30 crockpot, I should have spent the extra $50 and got the instapot. They heat up in minutes and temp can be controlled. The crockpot takes about an hour and then you have to babysit it during cooling to get the chain out at the right coolness.

I’m absolutely loving the clean driveline. I haven’t ridden in a downpour yet, so can’t say if the wax will hold up, but it should.