UK's mass-participation closed-road classic — 25,000 riders, one day.
Character. The largest amateur road sportive in Britain. Rolling, not hilly, on fully closed roads. First-century rides for thousands of UK cyclists every year.
Conditions. Early-summer UK: 10–18 °C, occasional light rain, generally dry. A handful of wet editions in the event's history, never grim.
If you wax — ZFC-recommended path. Any top immersive wax covers 160 km easily on one coat. No carried oil, no mid-ride top-up. If the UK weather does its thing and a shower hits mid-ride, the wax rides through it — tarmac rain is just water, low contamination, and 160 km doesn't justify the post-ride strip commitment that oil-over-wax would force. The baseline road-sportive scenario.
If you're on oil — pragmatic equivalent. Apply your usual oil the night before — 160 km is well inside any decent oil's single-application life. No top-up bottle needed. If a shower hits, no protocol switch required — you're already on oil.
when: Road riders who want one wax blend that covers training, racing, hot climates, and cold winter rides.
#1 because: dry road is clean riding, so ZFC's Block 1 wear is the only axis that matters. Cyclowax Race Wax is eligible after scenario filtering and its wear (0.000) is the lowest in the eligible set, which — given your priority weights — edges out every other eligible lube.
#2 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.003 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#3 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.000 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#4 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.000 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#5 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.000 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#6 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.000 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#7 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.006 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#8 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.000 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#9 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.000 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.
#10 inside the ±5 % variance band on Block 1 (clean baseline): effectively tied with Cyclowax Race Wax on wear (0.020 vs 0.000). Cost and maintenance scores broke the tie.