battered
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I've just fitted a new shimano chain to my old MTB/commuter and it slips in certain gears. It's an XT/HG93 variant. The cassette is a Sram 8 speed, fairly old but not very worn as far as I can see. The old chain that came off was a Sram with a powerlink, well used without incident until it measured 12 1/8" on the 12 link test. The old chain didn't slip, even on the very worn chainwheel, now replaced.
Is this something that will bed in or will it only do so by wearing out my shiny new chain? Alternatively is it a mismatch between Sram and Shimano? If it's an indicator that the cassette is shot then I'm sorely tempted to refit the old Sram chain and run around on it until everything comprehensively wears out, it's only really a town bike after all.
Thanks in advance.
Is this something that will bed in or will it only do so by wearing out my shiny new chain? Alternatively is it a mismatch between Sram and Shimano? If it's an indicator that the cassette is shot then I'm sorely tempted to refit the old Sram chain and run around on it until everything comprehensively wears out, it's only really a town bike after all.
Thanks in advance.