Silca

High quality tape that's pricey, but you know the old saying. It is very tough, but flexible enough to navigate tight spots so you end up with a smooth job. The diagonal texturing adds a cool effect making even the black version unique compared to most of the other boring black tapes. Your hands will not slip on this surface as it's grippy, comfy and firm. Not mushy. I measured it at 2.5mm thick X 240cm long. It covered my 44cm bars with a little to spare. All in all, a great product.

I've had this pack for about 3 years now, and put it through hell. No issues. Those saying you can't fit a spare / levers / multitool / co2... yes you can; it is possible. It's not roomy by any means, but as long as you carefully pick what you put in the pack, you're good. Keep things flat. For road rides I keep the following: 32-42 butyl spare, one Pedros lever, one much thinner ProBike lever, one Silca Italian army knife, one 20g co2 w/inflator, one Park patch kit, one nitrile glove and one small microfiber rag. Few band-aids. For gravel rides I just stuff the Dynaplug pill in there - and it also fits (tightly). Almost everybody I ride with has this seat pack, it's kind of the standard these days. Worth the extra coin.

I've been waxing chains for a while and there's nothing like it for a clean smooth running chain. The drawbacks are needing the equipment and taking the time to do it properly. Reducing the number of times you need to rewax a chain is an obvious advantage. It definitely increases the longevity, but is it 3X? Perhaps not but that might dependent on your riding (Gravel versus Road, fair weather only or lots of riding in rain). I wax multiple chains at a time so I can put a fresh chain on the bike and set the old one aside until they both need fresh wax, that alone reduces the number of times I have to cook the chains by 1/2. The Endurance Chip means I'll need to do that even less.

I had the Enve/K-Edge single piece computer mount but when I got the Garmin Edge 1050 it wouldn't fit. This Silca titanium mount fit well and was 9 grams lighter (including the bolts, puck, and the light mount - 36g vs 45g). Plenty of space for the 1050. Two annoyances: 1) this is Enve's fault but to change the computer mount you have to completely remove the top front clamp because the computer mount bolt doesn't have clearance. This means you need to mark exactly how your handlebars were set up, fully remove the piece, then remove and replace bike mount, torque it (I did 5nm), then reattach and set up handlebars again then torque the top front bolt and the two front bottom bolts. This was helpful for the sequence and the torques to use: https://youtu.be/jTVowwKnNKs?si=MyntB8diG-SHrS5U

So, what should be a five minute job adjusting one one bolt is more like a 30 minute job.

2) the Garmin 'puck' that comes with the Chisela only works to turn in one direction. I am pretty used to being able to quarter turn in either direction to release. This is Silca's choice and they'll probably say it's more secure or break resistant but it's different from every other Garmin mount I've used.

The light mount works well and has a really nice threaded end to receive the bolt which gives me confidence this will last and not get stripped.

One odd thing - the K-Edge bolt had a metal washer whereas this doesn't include one. If I get rattling I'll transplant the washer.