Belgian wax lubricant brand Cyclowax has launched an updated range, claiming you can cover up to 800km between treatments and triple the lifespan of your bike’s drivetrain.
Cyclowax says its new hot wax formulation increases durability and performance, as well as keeping your chain cleaner and delivering ultra-low drivetrain friction, whatever the weather conditions.
It has presented a graph plotting the fall-off in drivetrain efficiency over distance and reckons that after 250km an oil-based lubricant will have lost around 8 watts in drivetrain efficiency, while its treatment halves that loss to 4 watts.
Its premium product is its new Race Wax Tablet, priced at €58.95, and used by the Lidl-Trek team. The 200g tablet is claimed to be enough for six treatments and contains tungsten disulphide, as well as being vegan-friendly and PFAS-free.
According to Cyclowax, this delivers the fastest chain in the WorldTour, although teams are divided on whether waxing is the best option for chain lubrication during stage races.
“We've tested Cyclowax's new Race Wax throughout the season and mainly in the Tour de France and we were blown away by the results. To date, the best hot wax we've used,” says Glen Leven, head of performance at Lidl-Trek.
At the 2024 Tour de France, we spotted Lidl-Trek using a prototype hot waxing machine from Cyclowax, which enabled the team to rewax chains before every stage without removing them from their bikes.
Cyclowax's Race Wax was also used at the 2025 Unbound Gravel race by 2016 Olympic road race champion Greg Van Avermaet, who’s an investor in Cyclowax and praised the wax’s performance. He finished Unbound 200 30th overall, clocking a time of 9:08:08, averaging just over 22mph for the 200-mile course.
Two additional hot waxes and two drip waxes
The Race Wax Tablet is one of three new formulations, with Cyclowax also unveiling an updated Performance Wax Tablet, priced at €28.95, and a Core Wax Tablet, priced at €18.95.
Cyclowax says the Core tablet is designed for everyday road, gravel and MTB riding, while the Performance tablet is claimed to last 50% longer than the previous formulation and present 10% lower friction.
In addition, Cyclowax offers two liquid formulations if you don’t have time to hot wax your chain. The Core Pocket Wax is priced at €14.95 and the Performance Pocket Wax at €24.95.
As well as its waxes, Cyclowax sells all the gear you need to hot wax your chain, including a heater bath, a swizzle wire and a whole range of chain tools and bundled kits.
You can also buy pre-waxed chains from all the major brands for 11, 12 and 13-speed drivetrains, a pre-waxed track chain and even a hot waxed chain for the Zwift Ride smart frame.
