So I replaced the road bike chain yesterday morning.
I had read all the stuff I could on "chain stretching" I really did not believe that the chain would stretch but when I laid then side by side both at 110 links the old chain was about a link and a half longer.
after I put it on the bike I of course went out for a ride and surprise again all the slight squeaking that I was sure was coming from the derailer was completely gone.
call this boy a believer and ready to start doing the 23 mile trek to work ...
I have close to 4k miles on the bike and except for standard tune up lube stuff and keeping the moving parts clean have had no issues.
how many miles do things normally start to wear out at? and how can you tell I did the chain because I had seen an article on Sheldons page as to checking for stretch.
I had read all the stuff I could on "chain stretching" I really did not believe that the chain would stretch but when I laid then side by side both at 110 links the old chain was about a link and a half longer.
after I put it on the bike I of course went out for a ride and surprise again all the slight squeaking that I was sure was coming from the derailer was completely gone.
call this boy a believer and ready to start doing the 23 mile trek to work ...
I have close to 4k miles on the bike and except for standard tune up lube stuff and keeping the moving parts clean have had no issues.
how many miles do things normally start to wear out at? and how can you tell I did the chain because I had seen an article on Sheldons page as to checking for stretch.