| Re: Replace whole chainset if replace front chainring?
Wow! What a cross-post list!
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 14:51:59 -0400, Alex Rodriguez
<adr5@columbia.edu> wrote:
>If you are only getting 1k miles from your chain, you are doing something
>wrong. I've gotten over 15k miles out of a chain when I sold the bike it
>was on. Keeping it clean and lubed is important. If all you do is lube
>your dirty chain, then 1k miles is a lot.
There was a recent semi-scientific experiment done by one
rec.bicycles person which makes that advice questionable. He used a
chain with two quicklinks; he cleaned & lubed half the chain
regularly, and the other half he just kept adding lube without
cleaning. The cleaned half was slightly (barely) _more_ worn than
the half that was not cleaned.
--
Rick Onanian
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