micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility
Ebikes, bicycles, scooters, skateboards, longboards, eboards, motorcycles, skates, unicycles: Whatever floats your goat, this is all things micromobility!
"Transportation using lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters, especially electric ones that may be borrowed as part of a self-service rental program in which people rent vehicles for short-term use within a town or city.
micromobility is seen as a potential solution to moving people more efficiently around cities"
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Lubing a chain is always easy. But lubing doesn't actually clean the chain, which is what contributes to worn components and an inefficient ride. That's the absolute worst part if you're using an oil based lube, because you pretty much have to use solvents or an ultrasonic cleaner to actually get the important parts of the chain clean.
Waxing is so much better in every way. ๐คญ
washing chains is the worst shit ever. I really want a belt bike.
Seriously, waxing my chains changed my life. They are always clean, and rewaxing is dead simple.
Obviously, there's a small investment upfront for the wax, and something to melt it in, but it's way cheaper in the long rung.
Call me insane but I'm using a mix of parafine + beeswax. No problems whatsoever yet - it's been great.
Interestingly enough, immersion candle wax tests better than most wet lubes, and quite a few wax-based drip lubes. But the absolute best longevity and prevention of wear comes from the immersion waxes that have metal-protecting additives in with their wax.
Considering how cheap commercial bike wax products are (cheap for how many times you can wax the chains), I've never really had the desire to make a DIY mixture.
That's the thing with wax, though. It's nearly always going to be better than an oil-based wet lube, unless you're in a 1000km event in pure mud, then you're destroying your chain and components regardless. In that context, oil-based lubes can be applied on the bike during an event, so that's the advantage there.