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Silca Mattone Seat Pack
Reviewed 10/21/2024
by Anonymous
Competitive Racer
Portland, OR
Overall Rating
Slick seat pack with room for essentials and good strap for attachment to saddle.

The Silca Mattone is a slick seat pack that has room for my essentials (tube, tire levers, CO2). I like how it attaches to the saddle with a thick rubber strap and the boa closure, so no unwanted rubbing of plastic or metal on the saddle or seat post. I don't understand how it could be accessed while attached to the bike (as claimed by the product description), but that's alright, I would typically take a seat pack off the bike when repairing a flat anyway. I haven't tested the water-resistance yet.

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Silca Super Secret Chain Lube
Reviewed 10/21/2024
by CYinPA
Competitive Racer
PA
Overall Rating
1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Good option if you don't want to hot melt

I'm a waxer, been doing it since before it was the cool thing to do. Ultimately, the hot melt option lasts the longest out of the applications for wax. The drip on is convenient, you don't have to really do anything other than wipe the chain clean, drip on, back pedal, and wait overnight. No biggie, sorta the same process as drip on oils other than the waiting.

My only hiccup with the SS drip is longevity. I get maybe a 3 hour ride out of it tops before it gets grindy. So I only use it as a top up to my hot melt and in a pinch type of thing, it just doesn't last. And for that reason, I don't give it good value either, it works and does what it should, but not as well as the real thing, and it's honestly expensive even on sale.

And if you ride it in wet, forget it, it's worse than the hot melt. At least with that I can get some time on the bike and make all the cleanup afterwards worthwhile.

Convenience, great Grade A, longevity, Grade C. Clean though like the real wax, so that's a bonus. For the first application, I'd really encourage to make sure that chain is super clean, be extra OCD with it, or really use it as a top up, not as your primary (for my riding, if you do less and don't mind daily lubing, go for it). I ride too much and it isn't worth it as a primary for me.

I commute via bike as well as race, and keep a bottle at work for those after downpour rains coming in, I keep a fan on the bike to dry it by go-home time. Works fine there.

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Silca Secret Chain Blend Hot Melt Wax
Reviewed 10/21/2024
by nojohofo
Cycling Enthusiast
Richmond, VA
Overall Rating
Clean drivetrain, relatively low maintenance

Assuming you don't live somewhere that gets constant rain, I strongly recommend you give chain waxing a try. It leaves your drivetrain much cleaner that if you use oil, and it's relatively low maintenance. I re-up my wax with Silca's drip wax every several hundred miles, and it works great.

All of the equipment needed to get into chain waxing can be a bit daunting. I started just putting the wax bag in a pot of boiling water, but I strongly recommend you get a second hand instant pot or Silca's chain wax system if you think you're in for the long haul.

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Silca SpeedChip
Reviewed 10/18/2024
by PortlandCyclist
Competitive Racer
Sunnyvale, CA
Overall Rating
Very smooth and quiet

I waxed 2 chains with 100% SpeedChip and 2 chains with equal parts SpeedChip and Super Secret wax. All chains seemed slightly smoother and more quiet than Super Secret blend alone. I assume that means the chain is faster, but I couldn't tell without objective testing. Regardless, I'm very satisfied with the slight improvement from Super Secret blend alone. They say SpeedChip doesn't last as long. I re-wax every 200 miles and didn't notice a major difference between chains with different amounts. This seems like a great product for people who value an extra quiet and smooth chain or slight efficiency improvements.

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