Always use KMCs. Get yourself a chain checker to be sure. Originally Posted by Gummee. Dunno Chains are cheap. Cassettes are spendy. I've been able to change out multiple chains on my wheels and keep running em YMMV M edited to add: maybe I'm mis-remembering?
Someone jog my memory. Big Chain rings last me the life of the bike Back when I was riding 5, miles per year, I did a lot of chain wear research.
Campy chains don't wear like other brands. I've ridden both 10 and 11 speed models for 3, miles and could measure no significant stretch with a precison 12" machinist's rule. I've even used 10 speed chains for 6, miles that showed little elongation.
That didn't mean the chain wasn't shot. By that time, the rollers were severely worn, so the rollers were about. If you used only one chain with the cassette, it would most certainly have chain skip, with a new chain.
What I now use as a check for a worn out Campy chain is a plug gage that I made from a 6mm hex wrench, ground down to a thickness of. When that happens, I trash the chain, even if the elongation is acceptable.
At this point, a feeler gage will also show excessive side clearance. If you really want to maximize cassette and chain life, buy at least three chains and regularly change between them. You'll never get chain skip and the cassette will last through the life of all of the chains.
If you're using a brand that is prone to elongate, I'd buy 4 or 5. A cassette that has been used to the point where one or two cogs skip with a new chain, may still be useable. Buy a new cassette and use the new chain for at least miles, then reinstall the old cassette. Most likely a chain with just some break-in wear will not skip, like a new chain will. Most chain wear gauges bear against the rollers and measure some mixture of elongation and roller wear, so they exaggerate the amount of elongation.
Use a precision 12" rule to measure between the pins and you will get a more accurate measurment. Place the end of the rule at the edge of a pin. The pin at the other end will be covered by the rule, when that chain is new.
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This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano. Location One of the 'Elite'. Once the chain has worn beyond a certain point it will start to wear any sprocket out, you say the bike is kept clean but do you keep the chain well lubricated.
I'll see if I can get some pics up in a sec. Having been assured that would work just as well and possibly last longer , and with me not racing and caring about a marginal few grams I decided to go for and save myself a few quid! Since the service and new chain it's developed a click in one of the gears about the middle of the cassette prob one I use a lot?
I 'solved' this with the barrel adjuster but this has made the hardest two gears make a worse sound than the clicking! This is when I took it to the second bike shop and got there opinion. Danny B Well-Known Member. Location Lowestoft. I cycle in Suffolk as well but have had new chains every miles. Do you cross chain a lot as I did when I first started and this was the main issue, haven got stronger on the bike I now don't have to cross chain so much and the chains are lasting longer, I have found if the chain is not cleaned regularly then it does start to make a noise on the sprockets!
Some pics attached - thanks for all your opinions, I feel out of my depth and am nervous about walking in the shop and looking like a cash machine! Yazzoo said:. Last edited: 15 Jul Danny B said:. View attachment View attachment View attachment View attachment View attachment Location Atop one Ti or the other.
Agree with Eddy , they look fine to me, plenty of life left. And congrats on a nice and clean chainset. Smokin Joe Legendary Member. Location Bare headed cyclist, Smoker. Nothing wrong with either the ring or cassette from those photos. It seems to be standard practice in some shops to want to replace chainrings every time a bike comes in.
I've run the things till kingdom come without any problems, miles isn't even run in.
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