What is the Spool?
The Spool is the component that holds your chain in a perfectly compact shape before it goes into the heater. It might look simple, but it took a lot of work to get right. We went through countless prototypes before landing on this version. There’s literally a box full of earlier attempts. Different shapes. Different sizes. Different mechanisms.
The final result does one thing extremely well: it makes sure your chain fits the heater perfectly every single time. No guessing, no folding, no messy positioning.
It just works, every single time.
“There are no wrong ways of using the Spool and that's what I love about it."
How do you put your chain in the Spool?
There’s a small slit or opening in the Spool where you feed the chain through. Once it’s in, you simply start winding the chain around.
No matter the chain length, road, gravel, TT bike, it always winds into the most compact position possible. The design automatically guides it into the correct shape. There’s no specific direction you have to follow. No exact technique you need to master. You just wind it, and it fits.
That simplicity was intentional. We didn’t want something that required explanation every time. We wanted something intuitive.
Use the Spool for waxing and storing your chain
The Spool isn’t just for placing the chain into the heater. It also plays a role during and after waxing. There’s a clip attached to it that allows you to lower the chain into the wax and lift it out again safely.
Once the waxing cycle is finished, you use the same clip to let the chain drip out neatly in the drip dock. And once the chain has cooled down, you can remove the clip and store the chain in its compact form.
That makes it ideal for travel. If you’re going on a training camp or race trip, you can just throw it in your luggage without the chain tangling or spreading wax everywhere.
Manage multiple chains
One of the most practical features is the color tagging system. Different color tags allow you to manage multiple chains easily. For example:
One for your road bike
One for your gravel bike
One for your TT setup
Instead of guessing which chain belongs to which bike, you can store and organise them clearly. It turns waxing into something structured rather than chaotic.
The best way to wax your chain
The Spool isn’t just a chain holder. It’s part of a bigger system. It prepares your chain perfectly for waxing, it ensures it fits the heater every time, it makes removal clean and controlled. And, it makes storage compact and organised.
In many ways, it’s the missing link between “hot waxing” and “chain management.”
