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Re: New frame: Longteng RD301-D
Quote from: kwantani on November 10, 2024, 12:12:30 AM
for my cover, there's nothing need to be "aligned", the cover closed and locked snugly. Just with bare hand I can lift the cover so easily. Mostly likely the whole piece will fell off easily over a bump. Currently I'm tying a velcro strap over the downtube to strap it down just with a piece of mine.

UPDATE: Long Teng now blamed the excessive paint on the edge of the cover  and downtube that prevent the cover to be locked securely, want me to use a rasp to grind off the excessive paint on the edge along the cover and the downtube opening  >:(

Well, here is how mine looks: https://youtu.be/eT8vtAXO97c?si=5btSdcJY2rwItIvu (internal storage updates at 7:15). It's not a big issue for me, fortunately.
November 13, 2024, 10:14:10 AM 		1
Re: Which immersive wax are you using? I've been waxing chains for years, only ever w wax alone. PTFE is on its way out, i think it might be forbidden to import it in powder form in the EU already.
Not all paraffin waxes are created equal. Because it's a by product of oil refining, afaik, you get different purities, a big difference being how much oil there is in the wax. Oilier is cheaper. The dude from Zero Friction Cycling said he's tested chains that were gunking up fast with store bought waxes, it was probably high oil contents from cheap paraffin.
Last year i bought 5kg of the most expensive paraffin wax i could find, i think it might be lab grade. It's brittle, very low oil.
Do i feel a difference in every day use? No.
The biggest draw for me is that it's now clean to handle bikes. I do more maintenance and use my bike more now that it's not a nasty source of grime.

Now, my chains do stretch, and i have nowhere near the claims of eternal life that immersion waxing somehow promises. But i use YBN or KMC 20 eur chains, typically, on cheap drive trains, and based in Europe, last time i checked, the Silca stuff was just too expensive to make sense to me, so i'm happy w my setup. It's important to dilute the crap from the chain into the bowl of wax, it's that action that purges the contaminants from the chain; i dont want to spend 50 eur to maybe save 3 eur worth of chain on every chain for the next 15 years.

I melt the wax in a metal bowl in a double boiler on the stove (bain marie), that way the wax can't catch fire. It does reach recommended paraffin temps. i wiggle it with bent metal hanger, and voila. It takes 5min of work, and i dont need a dedicated rice cooker. I've also provided that setup to all the friends i've built bike for, it's pretty easy once you've done it a few times.

I would never go back to oiled drive trains.
As to stripping the grease from the factory, using white spirit and the likes does stink badly, and these solvents aren't actually cheap, but i bought 20 bottles of it once, so i'm set to use that for the next 20 years :)

I heard Silca opened a European warehouse so it might make more financial sense now for those in Europe. But i still feel their US prices are high for what they offer; but convenience has a price for sure.
February 13, 2025, 04:16:38 AM 		1
Re: Speeder Cycling SC-R55D
Quote from: Bowen1911 on May 07, 2025, 10:11:10 AM
Got a screaming deal on wheels that are deeper than I wanted.  Oh well. It looks pretty mean now

Lol, you went from silly shallow to silly deep! Can your rims do a Pokemon thing and combine into the average of the 2 depths?
Be careful with such rims in the mountains. Cornering on that is awful, and if the weather doesnt cooperate, you will get thrown around like crazy. In a downhill + curve + bad wind shenanigans... best of luck!
May 07, 2025, 12:18:07 PM 		1
Re: Interesting Aliexpress finds! - good deals, interesting stuff, new products etc! Okay, I guess there is quite some interest. Give me some days. This week is pretty busy. It will take some time to put together but I'll be working on it in the background.
May 15, 2025, 08:18:51 AM 		1