Originally Posted by Simon Templar
Just dropped off my bike at the shop. Needs a new chain and the hubs need to be cleaned and greased. The mechanic asked me the mileage. When i told him 3700 miles, he seemed surprised that the chain had lasted that long and the cassette was still good. This bike is a 2004 Giant OCR3 that was my first real road bike.
Huh? My cassette is still doing fine at 15,000 miles! I just put my 4th chain on it today. One was fine for 8000 miles and the lastest was used for 5000. Only the first one was relatively short-term (2000 miles).