Comments on: How to Check For Chain Wear http://bicycletutor.com/chain-wear/ Bike repair videos show how to fix your own bike. Bicycle maintenance and repair instructions by Alex Ramon. Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:46:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Norman http://bicycletutor.com/chain-wear/comment-page-1/#comment-4318 Norman Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:57:26 +0000 http://bicycletutor.com/?p=295#comment-4318 I worked with Sheldon @ Harris Cyclery before he passed away .I was service manager for 7 years. This works great on anything under 9 spd's but 9 spd is more picky and ten just wears out extremely fast. Check your chain often and lube accordingly. Pick up a park chain checker. It is best to toss the chain before it's due time and save your cluster and rings. Keep an eye on it and take note where the chain checker measures when it is new. This way you will have a metric to compare it to as it wears. I have seen 10 spd chains go in as little as 1000 miles. Some guys just hammer them out. Best Norman I worked with Sheldon @ Harris Cyclery before he passed away .I was service manager for 7 years. This works great on anything under 9 spd’s but 9 spd is more picky and ten just wears out extremely fast. Check your chain often and lube accordingly. Pick up a park chain checker. It is best to toss the chain before it’s due time and save your cluster and rings. Keep an eye on it and take note where the chain checker measures when it is new. This way you will have a metric to compare it to as it wears. I have seen 10 spd chains go in as little as 1000 miles. Some guys just hammer them out.

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Norman

]]> By: John http://bicycletutor.com/chain-wear/comment-page-1/#comment-4296 John Sat, 02 Oct 2010 18:00:18 +0000 http://bicycletutor.com/?p=295#comment-4296 Excellent thank you for your help. I owe you a coffee. Excellent thank you for your help. I owe you a coffee.

]]> By: Bob Gelman http://bicycletutor.com/chain-wear/comment-page-1/#comment-837 Bob Gelman Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:48:01 +0000 http://bicycletutor.com/?p=295#comment-837 I've been getting 6,000+ miles on my Ultegra 9 speed chains. Of course, I do replace them before they are streched (Park CC-3 tool (which is VERY conservative on when to replace the chain -- measure max distance between the pins on the tool with a digital micrometer and you'll see what I mean)). I don't ride in the rain/mud. I use ProLink Gold lube ~every 250 miles. I've read that with this kind of maintenance I can expect to get THREE chains for each time I'll need to replace my sprockets (~ 18,000 - 20,000 miles) and ONE sprocket wear replacement for a chainring(s) replacement (~40,000 miles/perhaps ~50,000 miles for the big ring). Your mileage may vary ;) I’ve been getting 6,000+ miles on my Ultegra 9 speed chains. Of course, I do replace them before they are streched (Park CC-3 tool (which is VERY conservative on when to replace the chain — measure max distance between the pins on the tool with a digital micrometer and you’ll see what I mean)). I don’t ride in the rain/mud. I use ProLink Gold lube ~every 250 miles. I’ve read that with this kind of maintenance I can expect to get THREE chains for each time I’ll need to replace my sprockets (~ 18,000 – 20,000 miles) and ONE sprocket wear replacement for a chainring(s) replacement (~40,000 miles/perhaps ~50,000 miles for the big ring). Your mileage may vary ;)

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