First, I have read previous posts about this already but a question occured to me.
Ok, I just cleaned my chain and checked it for wear with a tool and to my disbelief its stretched over 1% so I should replace it otherwise it will accelerate wear of my cassette and chainrings.
Problem is I've only had it for about 1000 miles. I do clean it but not religiously. I ride on the big ring 90% of the miles and tend to ride hard as well. But I'm disappointed that its worn so quick because I decided to see what the best of KMC was like, went for an X10-SL and hoped it would last a lot longer than it has.
Its also worth noting that I bought it after I snapped the original Shimano one and at the time I did not replace the cassette. That must have had 1500-2000 miles on it then. About 400 miles ago I replaced that cassette when it was worn.
So I have a worn out chain and a cassette with about 400 miles on it. I should really have changed the cassette when I got the new chain because now they are out of sync with each other. I could change the cassette and chain now together to solve that but if I have to change the cassette with the chain everytime then whats the point in being so anal about cleaning the chain?
I will clean it because its smoother and overall I hope it will all last longer but I'm still looking at a new chain and cassette every 1000 miles + cleaning fluid and lube. But my point is that the argument of a clean chain wearing the cassette less is irrelevant if I have to change the cassette with the chain anyway.
Ok, I just cleaned my chain and checked it for wear with a tool and to my disbelief its stretched over 1% so I should replace it otherwise it will accelerate wear of my cassette and chainrings.
Problem is I've only had it for about 1000 miles. I do clean it but not religiously. I ride on the big ring 90% of the miles and tend to ride hard as well. But I'm disappointed that its worn so quick because I decided to see what the best of KMC was like, went for an X10-SL and hoped it would last a lot longer than it has.
Its also worth noting that I bought it after I snapped the original Shimano one and at the time I did not replace the cassette. That must have had 1500-2000 miles on it then. About 400 miles ago I replaced that cassette when it was worn.
So I have a worn out chain and a cassette with about 400 miles on it. I should really have changed the cassette when I got the new chain because now they are out of sync with each other. I could change the cassette and chain now together to solve that but if I have to change the cassette with the chain everytime then whats the point in being so anal about cleaning the chain?
I will clean it because its smoother and overall I hope it will all last longer but I'm still looking at a new chain and cassette every 1000 miles + cleaning fluid and lube. But my point is that the argument of a clean chain wearing the cassette less is irrelevant if I have to change the cassette with the chain anyway.