nickyboy
Norven Mankey
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- You want hills? We got hills
My bike has Campagnolo Centaur groupset and has just been in for service. Apparently the cassette and chain are too worn and have to be replaced. £60 for the cassette and £40 for the chain.
Now my plan, until I heard this, was to just replace the chain more frequently to get more life out of the cassette (both have done about 2,500 hard, hilly miles; probably 250,000ft of ascent). But the price of the chain is making me think again. LBS said that I really need to match the Campagnolo cassette with Campagnolo chain. But £40 a chain means any strategy of replacing the chain say, every 1,500 miles is going to be expensive.
So, what do we think of the LBS's advice only to use a Campagnolo centaur chain? And if it's not necessary, what brand would you recommend as an alternative?
Now my plan, until I heard this, was to just replace the chain more frequently to get more life out of the cassette (both have done about 2,500 hard, hilly miles; probably 250,000ft of ascent). But the price of the chain is making me think again. LBS said that I really need to match the Campagnolo cassette with Campagnolo chain. But £40 a chain means any strategy of replacing the chain say, every 1,500 miles is going to be expensive.
So, what do we think of the LBS's advice only to use a Campagnolo centaur chain? And if it's not necessary, what brand would you recommend as an alternative?