How many miles before changing chain and Cassette?

[Deleted member 1258]

Mine are 'silvery'
The cassette gets a fortnightly to monthly (weather dependant) clean
I take the wheel out & use the hem of an old towel to do so, between the sprockets, & the jockey-wheels too

Not todays picture, but from August (average condition, when removed to clean)

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Ooh!, shiney spares!

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Hows you're OCD?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Hows you're OCD?

Very well developed thankyou, & that's How's Your OCD
As you read, so is my grammar pedantry too



Seriously, it gives me the opportunity to also check the tightness of the cassette, spokes, tyre for cuts. etc.....

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Very well developed thankyou, & that's How's Your OCD
As you read, so is my grammar pedantry too



Seriously, it gives me the opportunity to also check the tightness of the cassette, spokes, tyre for cuts. etc.....

no, my grammars rubbish.

 

[Signum-GB]

Mine are 'silvery'
The cassette gets a fortnightly to monthly (weather dependant) clean
I take the wheel out & use the hem of an old towel to do so, between the sprockets, & the jockey-wheels too

Not todays picture, but from August (average condition, when removed to clean)

View attachment 495862



Ooh!, shiney spares!

View attachment 495859

Hi, do you use a chain link tool to get chain off before removing the wheel? If so, what would you recommend?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Hi, do you use a chain link tool to get chain off before removing the wheel? If so, what would you recommend?

No, barring the original (Shimano) chain, I've used KMC chains on both '365'/do it all/work-bikes (the superceded '7005 blue' & the CGR), so if I do remove the chain to soak, it's a 'quick-link'
Sometimes they've needed a bit of persuasion, but I've not had one fail to release

 

[Mark pallister]

I usually get about 3000 miles out of a chain ,it’s removed ,cleaned then waxed on a regular basis
probably about once every 300 mls depending on the weather
bit of a faff but cost effective in my opinion
normal chain lube retains all the muck of the road which acts as a grinding paste on the chain
lots of people just keep lubing on top of the muck hence premature chain wear

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

normal chain lube retains all the muck of the road which acts as a grinding paste on the chain
lots of people just keep lubing on top of the muck hence premature chain wear

Hence why, in winter, mine gets a (thrice weekly, or more - if needed) wipe-over with red diesel, then a 'toothbrushing' with same liquid fortnightly

 

[Nigelnightmare]

How many miles before changing chain and Cassette?
Is like asking,
How long is a piece of string?

Too many variables involved to give any meaningful answer, But the simplest is:

When it's worn out and doesn't work any more you change it.

 

[silva]

My fixed gear's indication point is the rear cog. The edges of the teeth get hollowed out (at one side but I flip so in the end both) and if the length of the middle of the teeth equals the one of the top I replace all 3 components.

 

[Ajax Bay]

My fixed gear's indication point is the rear cog. The edges of the teeth get hollowed out (at one side but I flip so in the end both) and if the length of the middle of the teeth equals the one of the top I replace all 3 components.

Note title of thread.
The fixed/single speed sub-forum is . . . that way >>>>>

 

[silva]

Note title of thread.
The fixed/single speed sub-forum is . . . that way >>>>>

When I rode with a cassette it was the same. Do you wear all cogs of your cassette? I didn't. I had a most and a least used with a huge difference between.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

no, my grammars rubbish.

Don't you mean you're Grandmas rubbish?

 

[Ajax Bay]

Do you wear all cogs of your cassette? I didn't.

All my (and everyone else's) sprockets wear with use. When the chain slips on the most worn ones, it's time for a cassette and chain change. But one cannot tell by looking whether the most worn sprocket is worn to the point of 'slip. Single/fixed: no idea (nor personally needed).

 

[silva]

All my (and everyone else's) sprockets wear with use. When the chain slips on the most worn ones, it's time for a cassette and chain change. But one cannot tell by looking whether the most worn sprocket is worn to the point of 'slip. Single/fixed: no idea (nor personally needed).

I rode a decade every day work/home/shop/leisure with a 2 x 7 gear. After a drivetrain replacement on the biggest front and smallest rear until it started to skip then I rode the second smallest rear until it skipped then again drivetrain replacement.
At some point, with one bike in the lbs awaiting repair since 6 months, and the other bike skipping the second smallest, I decided enough and went singlespeed>fixed.
So in fact, I never used gears. I pushed harder instead. I remember at a time I decided to buy a new bike, that the new bike had a smaller chainring mounted without dealer asked me or me asked him. After a month I still couldn't get used to that having to spin around alot, and I asked another dealer to mount the size I had before.
Sometimes, with strong headwind all the way and/or bridge up, I nearly stall and it sucks. But ohwell, seen over the year, it's just a very minor distance that way.
Ofcourse, that's just my case. I don't care much about average speed / efficiency, if I get the work done and I've trained my bio stuff rest of life gets easier.

 

[I like Skol]

I rode a decade every day work/home/shop/leisure with a 2 x 7 gear. After a drivetrain replacement on the biggest front and smallest rear until it started to skip then I rode the second smallest rear until it skipped then again drivetrain replacement.
At some point, with one bike in the lbs awaiting repair since 6 months, and the other bike skipping the second smallest, I decided enough and went singlespeed>fixed.
So in fact, I never used gears. I pushed harder instead. I remember at a time I decided to buy a new bike, that the new bike had a smaller chainring mounted without dealer asked me or me asked him. After a month I still couldn't get used to that having to spin around alot, and I asked another dealer to mount the size I had before.
Sometimes, with strong headwind all the way and/or bridge up, I nearly stall and it sucks. But ohwell, seen over the year, it's just a very minor distance that way.
Ofcourse, that's just my case. I don't care much about average speed / efficiency, if I get the work done and I've trained my bio stuff rest of life gets easier.

That is just so screwed up!