**PLEASE NOTE MUST USE A SLOW COOKER NOT A RICE COOKER – refer FAQ’s for further details**
ZFC stocks New Formula Molten Speed Wax!
“Awesome new recycled packaging for Mspeedwax is on the way! Alas supply chain issues, temporarily the MSW pucks will be shipped in little bubble wrap bags. Apologies the low friction awesomeness not yet in its magnificent recycled packaging but this is occurring asap!”
Thinking of immersive waxing but unsure if it is for you? The below video’s should help decide. There are A LOT of incorrect myths as well as misconceptions with regards to immersive waxing. One thing we can assure you straight up with you needing to take the time to watch a quick vid – it is generally a time SAVER and much easier to maintain drivetrain vs most drip lubricants, as opposed to being a time consuming task it is often portrayed to be. There is a reason why immersive waxing has moved from being niche to very mainstream – to the great benefit of the cyclists bike and wallet! If unsure – watch the first video below. Any deeper questions not covered in the 2 vids below can be found on other Zero Friction cycling you tube videos (ie waxing and wet, waxing and cold), as well as online resources found in the instructions tab.
Have fun!
Immersive waxing – concise version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwXdeOBXlBQ&t=1s
Waxed life like a boss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVzhm-yTojk&t=799s
For day to day training, racing, riding, Molten Speed Wax is as far as we know – unbeatable. Stumbled upon myself years ago – a lot of reasons re having a solid lubricant on a part operating exposed to the elements instantly made a lot of captain obvious sense. Many tens of thousands of km’s of testing later – here are a few facts and myth busting’s regarding waxing.
Firstly – Waxing saves time – not adds time. Yes you need to pop chain off and stick in a pot to re wax vs dripping something on, but popping chains on and off with master links is very quick and easy. Turning a pot on and swishing a chain around in it later when the wax has melted is also not high on the difficulty scale! Yes overall it will add about 3mins of manual labour at the front end vs dripping more lube on – but you have an always beautifully clean drive train so you save all that time and much more not fighting the never ending drive train cleaning battle. The bigger your stable of bikes, the more time you save not having 2, 3, 5 bike chains and drivetrains to have to try stay on top of.
Secondly – Waxing is the only watts saving upgrade that also saves you proper $ in your wallet too. The parts longevity increase with waxing often needs to be experienced to be believed. Versus drip lubes, waxing simply has a few pretty much unassailable advantages.
1) It is solid and does not grab and hold every particle of dust and contamination, remaining very clean, and very low friction all the time. If your budget doesn’t stretch to race chains, just switching to waxing is the best low friction upgrade in itself.
2) Every re wax flushes out what little contamination is gathered leaving you with a beautifully clean, brand new looking chain every time.
3) After every re wax – for “X” km your chain parts are articulating on two solid slippery wax surfaces, pretty much leaving chain metal out of it. Drip lubes will have a liquid that is always “X” amount abrasive from contamination, abrading away directly on your chain metal. It is why drip lube chains wear out so fast. Drip lube chains usually hit 0.5 wear mark on park tool cc3.2 chain checker in 3000 to 6000km. MSW treated chains are usually 10,000 to 25,000km – the average for most is around the 15,000km range. Your cassette and chain ring lifespan is similarly increased, so over time waxing saves you big $.
Chain wear (stretch) is caused by pins wearing thinner and the inner plate bore they articulate in wearing larger, allowing each link to be pulled a bit longer the more they wear (it is not a chains plates being stretched longer). These are hardened steel parts being worn down from high pressure abrasive friction. The huge increase in chain lifespan using MSW is the clearest “proof of the pudding” day in day out very low friction of using MSW vs gritty liquid lubes.
MSW is most definitely not just for road! The drivetrain lifespan increases for Mtb and CX can be huge. The world of dirt, dust and mud is the perfect environment to be running solid lubricant vs a contamination absorbing liquid! Yes the harsher the conditions = re wax often – but popping chain into a pot frequently is not hard, especially when it is greatly extending the lifespan of your $550 xx1 eagle cassette and $170 chain! (Oh and who doesn’t want a clean like new drivetrain all the time?)
Are you a high mileage rider and worried about staying on top of waxing mid week? Easy – just run two, or even three training chains. Swap from one to the next as needed, then re wax them all at once on rest day – takes minutes of actual labour time and then set to go with many hundreds of clean low friction km’s for the upcoming week. If you are a high mileage rider you were going to be buying another chain shortly anyway using drip lubes – so just pre buy then next one or two chains and have 30,000km’s now of chain wear on waxing. And remember – no drivetrain cleaning maintenance time!
A full guide and support is provided – if you are not confident with you mechanical prowess re switching to waxing – fear not ZFC is here to help with any questions and guidance – but you will find it is a doddle.
(*Note all of the chains ZFC sell comes with the option of having factory grease ultrasonically cleaned off and waxed with Molten Speed Wax for just $24.90 extra. This takes the hard part for most out of switching as you don’t need to faff around with solvents and metho to prepare chain for waxing – you are all set to go and can just pop chain off and straight into pot for re wax when needed – no more cleaning! Just ensure nice clean drivetrain is ready for your beautifully clean waxed chain – and that’s the last clean you have to do).
