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Hit 10,000 miles on my commuter bike - chain still had life left
I was rebuilding my rear wheel last week and decided to actually measure my chain after 10,030 miles. Used a Park Tool chain checker and it only showed 0.5% wear. I've been religious about wiping it down after wet rides and using Squirt lube every 200 miles. Has anyone else gotten way more miles out of a chain than expected?
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charles7201d ago
Test it with the chain checker every few hundred miles and you'll be fine. I've got a buddy who ran one past 0.75 just to see what happened and the shifting got real sloppy but you could still pedal it around town if you weren't in a hurry. Just don't let it go past that if you care about your cassette and chainrings.
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simonk982d ago
Bought a used bike off Craigslist a few years back and the seller told me the chain was "pretty new" so I just rode it. Probably put like 4,000 miles on it before I decided to check and it was actually the original chain from 2012, completely stretched past the point of no return. The drivetrain was trashed by then but honestly the chain never snapped, just shifted like garbage toward the end.
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