Proud of a tool I designed and built to help break up links of a freshly waxed chain. I've been hot waxing my road and gravel bike chains for a few years now (Molten Speed Wax). I love how they ride and don't collect dirt but I always dreaded taking the just waxed chain and breaking up each link before putting it on the bike. My fingers hurt thinking about it. Finely had some free time to design something to do the hard work for me.
by tron21
13 Comments
Nice! How much did it cost you to make?
Care to share the STL?
I always just put it on the bike and spin it around on the stand a few times.
I’ve always simply put the freshly waxed chain directly on the bike and simply broke it in by riding.
Cool idea!
your legs do the same thing by pedaling
now make a hood for it that attaches to a shop vac so I can suck up all the flakes while I run the chain through it
Meh, I just wrap it around the handle of my bench vise and pull each end. All the excess wax flings to the floor, then install on the bike.
Illuminati chain greaser?
An even more convenient solution – quit waxing your chains.
I just go to the next street sign, wrap the waxed chain around the post, and pull it back and forth a few times. Better to have puzzled neighbors than wax chips all over the apartment.
OOoo that’s cool. Is there a benefit to breaking it first? I used to do it and just stopped bothering out of laziness.
Might not have tired fingers if you used them more
Why do you break up each link? Just put it on the bike and pedal it. Does the same thing.