Silca launches new iterations of Terra, Hot Wax, and Eolo PR

Wednesday, 23 November 2022 Simon Cox

Josh Poertner’s Silca has built a reputation for making product that stands out. The Silca approach is one of evolving and improving, or not at all. When new Silca product launches, it’s because the brand has identified what it sees as a better way.

It’s this approach which sees the brand launch new iterations of 3 products.

First up we have the Silca Terra Pump.

Originally launched in 1988, at the formation of the burgeoning MTB world, the Terra was the first of its kind, high volume, low pressure specific pump for larger volume tires. Now, 34 years later, SILCA reintroduces the Terra concept with new and exciting technology that allows it to be not only the world’s most refined low-pressure pump, but also maintains high pressure capabilities, as well.

Using a revolutionary new non-linear gauge scale technology, the Terra pump uses custom gauge internals which allows for 0.5 psi precision at the low end of the range climbing to 2 psi precision at the high end of the range (120psi). This unique design allows the gauge to achieve 120 psi overall capability; yet 50% of the gauge face contains 0-30psi (0-2.1bar).

Terra maintains SILCA’s famous all metal construction with lathe turned Ash wood handle; but breaks the traditional SILCA mould with a unique lever operated chuck based on SILCA’s own award winning Tattico mini pump chuck design. This full metal chuck uses a threaded reversible end cap to switch between Presta and Schrader and contains an inline pressure bleed button.

Specification

Light-weight, aluminium base and barrel
Precision, heavy-duty 3” (76mm) gauge featuring the Multi-Scale Gauge technology
Full-size Ash wood handle with hose guide
Locking, aluminium reversible chuck with bleed button: Schrader or Presta
Rated to 120 ps

Next for the evolutionary treatment is Silca’s Hot Wax.

Fair to say, things get pretty geeky, very quickly, when it comes to waxing chains. It’s why Josh loves the product, and why so many riders won’t use anything else. Josh tried all possible friction modifiers, including Graphene, during extensive testing and development of Hot Wax. He found that Graphene – touted as a ‘wonder material’ – generally made little to no difference in performance, despite its very high price.

A trip to the original source of Graphene, Versarien PLC, a company formed from the partnership between the University of Cambridge and the University of Manchester (where graphene was discovered) – 1 of only 3 Graphene producers in the world to be certified by the Graphene Council as producing true Graphene – changes all that.

Versarien produces the highest purity Graphene in the world which they call Nanene. “From our first test with Nanene, we knew that real Graphene was indeed, the future.” Says Josh.

“Everything we could throw at it showed it excelling over our existing technologies, and that says a lot when our Secret Chain Blend Hot Wax is already considered to be the fastest and lowest wearing lubricant in the world, as independently tested by numerous third-party laboratories including ZeroFrictionCycling and Tour Magazin Germany.

The Results? Hot Wax X with Nanene runs roughly 0.5 watts faster than Secret Blend – while also extending the intervals between application to as much as 800km – making it not only faster, but faster for longer than other ultra-high performance chain lubricants.

Specifications