Wet lubricants pick up dust, and in heat and humidity they wash off or gum up early. Wax sets dry, so there is nothing on the chain for dirt to stick to. Loom is blended for riders in hot, wet places.
01 / Why wax
Wax goes on hot and sets hard, so the chain is dry to the touch. Grit falls off it rather than grinding into the rollers, and your hands and cassette stay clean.
Wax is not right for everyone. If you re-lube mid ride in the wet, a drip lube is simpler. Loom is for riders who prep at home and then go and ride.
| Wet lube | Hot-melt wax | |
|---|---|---|
| Surface | Stays wet on the chain | Sets hard and dry |
| Dust | Sticks to the film | Falls off |
| Hands | Black after a ride | Clean enough without gloves |
| Prep | Drip it on, wipe it off | Melt, dip, hang to set |
| Mid ride | Re-lube anywhere | Wait until you are home |
02 / The range
The block. Melt it, dip a clean chain, then hang it up to set.
A pot built for waxing rather than adapted from the kitchen. The thermostat caps at 115°C, hot enough to hold the wax liquid and short of where it starts to scorch.
03 / The app
Every bike carries an odometer, and every wax event saves a snapshot of it. The distance since your last wax, how much of its expected life you have used, and whether you are overdue all come out of those two numbers. We call it Snapshot Tracking.
It starts at 300 km for hot wax and 150 km for drip lube. After two wax events it switches to a rolling average of your own history, so the number follows your roads and your weather.
Local notifications, so you re-wax before the chain starts telling you itself.
Chain life, service intervals, tyres and tubeless sealant, each one opt-in and all measured from the same odometer snapshot.
It syncs through your own iCloud private database. There is no Loom account and no server in the middle.
Home-screen widget
In development. You can enter rides by hand or import them from Apple Health. Strava import is built and waiting on Strava's own approval, and manual entry never depends on it.
04 / The name
A chain and a loom work the same way.
Both are parallel lines held in tension, linked by something that passes through them. The mark is a weaver's shuttle with two rollers set into it.
Silk has been woven in this part of the world for centuries. The two colours used here are the ones a matmi weaver starts with: indigo dye and undyed silk.