New chain

[johnridley]

Odometer ~16050
Damn, I just checked it on Sunday, and it was barely over the 0.75 wear mark on the gauge. I figured I'd replace it this weekend, but when I went out to lube it tonight, it was way over 1.0. Weird how it wore that much that fast.

Hopefully since it wore that fast it didn't do in the cassette cogs.

Comments

[erikvolson.livejournal.com]

With 9/10 speed chain, you need to replace the pin every time, so that's annoying (the pin is longer than normal, you break off the rest after install. I've seen people try to reuse the pin and maul the plate. Most people just install a master link.

8 speed chain is easy to use a chain tool on.

Since I buy Sachs/SRAM/whomever bought them out this week chains, I get the master link for free, so why not use it?

I'm wondering how bad salt affects these chains? I'm sure they do, of course, the question I have is degree. Do you have a short section of new chain left? Be interesting to tape it to the downtube and see how it degrades (it'll have a similar exposure, but no motion, thus, it should be corrosion alone.

Can you flip the sprockets on the rear? If so, you can do so when they're worn and double the ride time on them.

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

I've still got every chain I've ever had on this bike, hanging on a nail in the garage. Someday I'll take a 20# box of chains over to recycling.

Yeah, now that I've got a cassette instead of a freewheel, I'll probably flip the cogs when needed. However, it seems like they're a lot more durable. They should be, since I paid $24 (heavily discounted) for the cassette instead of $12 for the whole freewheel like I'd been doing. Nobody makes high end freewheels.