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Waxing, or re-waxing, a bicycle chain

I use a slightly different method to wax/re-wax chains than I’ve seen from other guides out there. It’s a simple, one-step, process that has served me very well both in convenience and chain longevity. While it’s possible that there is a marginally better approach to doing it, the easier the process is, the more likely we are to actually do it :).…

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TDLW; tighten your thru-axles

Don’t know that I’ve ever really thought about how stiff my hub clamping device is, but I have definitely enjoyed the repeatability that thru-axles provide when it comes to cassette and disc rotor insertion. The video is interesting, but technical, and so it’s worth noting that if you get nothing else from it. Tighten your thru-axles, it’s important.…

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LUBRI DISC, half of a solution

I was planning to ignore this, as I do most Kickstarter news, but it just kept popping up in my feed, and I’m feeling a bit punchy today… OK, I must admit, that in concept, the LUBRI DISC seems appealing. Chain maintenance can be messy business. But this device is only addresses half of that problem, and does it in a way which is less than ideal. If you want your chain…

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