Our wax chain club gives you access to a fresh chain when you need it without a wait. Your membership includes 2 new chains cleaned and waxed for your bike. We store 1 for you and install the other one on your bike. Each chain is good for up to 30 hours for riding.
SpeedChip. SpeedChip is the go to when you need the absolute fastest option available. It is the choice of Visma Lease-a-Bike for time trials and one day classics. SpeedChip is a full synthetic wax produced from the same exotic base oils used in SILCA Synergetic. This is the absolute fastest wax ever used in a cycling lubricant, blended with 3 sizes of sub-micron and nanoscale Tungsten Disulfide platelets for further reduced friction and anti-wear properties. Proven in testing topermanentincrease chain efficiency by up to 0.6% over SILCA SecretBlend hot melt, with the only downside being more frequent lubrication intervals required (see chart for more details).
EnduranceChip. EnduranceChip is the best option for ultra-endurance events or training chains to get the most longevity out of your components. EnduranceChip is a semi-synthetic wax blend boasting some of the longest molecular chain lengths possible in a wax for ultimate durability. Adding EnduranceChip to SecretBlend canpermanentincrease the distance between re-waxing by as much as 2.5X (up to 750km) while still being as fast as the top wet lubricants and significantly faster than any dry lubricant. Add a second chip for even further single application longevity.
One of the secrets behind Secret Chain Blend is that it's a mix of 4 unique types of wax and not just Paraffin like most other hot wax products. This blend of waxes along with our proprietary WS2 has kept the Secret Chain Blend on top of the ZeroFrictionCycling charts for the last 3 years with many competitors reformulating to get close, but none of them able to beat it.
The 4 wax mix has allowed SILCA to blend what we felt was the best overall mix of high performance, dirt resistance, and application longevity, but over the years as we've worked with professional gravel athletes, WorldTour teams, Olympic medalists and more, the request has come up over and over again to custom formulate waxes for specific events or situations. Rather than make an endless number of custom blends, early in 2024 we started shipping two different wax additive kits to our athletes and teams for testing new formulations based on their events and experiences.
The challenge in formulating waxes is that the fastest, most exotic waxes, tend not to last as long per application, while the most durable, longest lasting waxes tend not to be as fast. Rather than blending new and custom formulations for each event, we gave the power to formulate to the athletes, and the results they came back to us with have been incredible with more than 100 victories in WorldTour, Lifetime Grand Prix, the Olympics and many more!
This new system puts the optimization process in the hands of the athlete. Want a training wax that lasts 600km between waxings, you've got it. Want a race wax that's won multiple Tour de France stages, you've got it. Want the most insane TT wax for your 40km TT, you've got it.
Internally we started out calling the process 'Wax Doping' but with so much exposure to world class athletes we've decided to call the process 'Wax Optimization'. Introducing, SpeedChip and EnduranceChip, wax optimization agents that allow you to blend the perfect wax for your needs.
I purchased the Garmin Edge 1050 primarily for bicycle navigation and route following. The unit originally came with working U.S. TopoActive maps. Garmin then offered a map update. The update failed with “Map Update Failed, Error Code: 0” and the original U.S. TopoActive maps were removed.
I connected the Edge to Garmin Express on Windows and attempted to reinstall only TopoActive United States East and West 2026.11. Garmin Express repeatedly failed with “Some Changes Not Applied.” The device has 42.1 GB free out of 57.6 GB, so lack of storage space is not the problem. Garmin Express now shows TopoActive (0), leaving the device without the U.S. TopoActive maps it originally had.
For a cycling computer costing over $600, this is shocking. A routine manufacturer-provided update took a functioning navigation device and removed the maps required for its primary purpose. This Edge 1050 is effectively useless to me as a bicycle navigation computer.
Hi Franklin, we're sorry to hear about the issues you've experienced with your Garmin Edge 1050. Your feedback is important, and we recommend reaching out directly to Garmin Support for assistance with the map update. We appreciate your patience and hope the problem can be resolved soon.
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