ozzybmx
taking a shit with my boobs out
Only recently I started looking at distance per chain and I have meticulously swapped them out at .75 or nearly there for years.Quick 20kms with a million walkers to bring up 1000 for the year, finally.
Swapped the chain out as it was at .5, 800ish on the new bike/ chain. Is it a 12spd thing? Shimano thing? My local stuff is quite pedally but I’d still expect more from a chain. I do try to jump on it early these days because I’m sick of paying the money they’re asking for cassettes right now.
Been getting about 1500km out of a Shimano chain on a bike that gets pedalled, meaning bikes like my Deviate clock a lot of kms being shuttled so its not a true reading of chain wear.
Now moved to hot waxing my chains a month or so ago. Got myself some YBN SLA Ti chains that are about twice the price of XT, which supposedly last 6000-8000km and are rated some of the fastest chains about. Will see how that goes.
800km is low and I have never had to replace a cassette with my changing at </=0.75. Only when I overlook a worn chain and take it too far.
Saying that, those cheap chain checkers are not all the same, I have 3 and they don't read the same at 0.75, I use the one that is the loosest and have done for years.