And yes, that year-old chain is stretched to hell and actively destroying my brand new cassette. Don’t shame me for it - look how shiny it is!

  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    If you want it to stay that way, use wax instead of liquid lube. It’s such a game changer to not have to worry about touching the chain.

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      2 hours ago

      Seems more trouble than it’s worth honestly. I’m sure it works for some use cases but I doubt the chain of my year-around mud basher is the ideal one for that.

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        2 hours ago

        Honestly I feel the opposite, I dip my chain yearly in the same parafin/Teflon mix I made many years ago using ozcycles recommendation and it saves so much time in cleaning grime off my chain. Though I don’t go through mud much, from what other people say it seems it would help even more in that scenario.