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Old 04-24-10, 07:47 AM
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Yeah, I have issues with all of this "stretched" chain business too. I check my own chains. I have a couple of bikes with similar miles on each. Just under 2000 miles on both chains, neither chain is showing any appreciable wear, they both still measure 12 inches almost exactly.

Clean often, lube well.

And now a word from the other camp.
A friend of mine had a Schwinn road bike. with about 14000 miles on it. He never changed the chain, heck, he didn't even lube the chain unless he could hear the squealing over his I pod! But he still got 14000 miles from this drive train. He spent aprox. $120.00 replacing the rings, cassette, and chain.
Now we advocate shedding a chain every 2000 miles or so depending on wear, and lubing every 100 miles or so as some average figures. Lets say a chain is $30.00 and each chain uses 1 bottle of lube over its life span. thats $40.00 every 2000 miles, 14000 divided by 2000= 7 x$40 =$ 280.00!!!!!

Yeah, I cant really say this is how I will treat my bike either however from a monetary standpoint lubing and cleaning is clearly not the most economical way to go if we just go by standard replacement cycles without measuring the chain. Even if I get 4000 miles from a chain, without replacing anything else do I even approach his $ per mile.
The point? no point just some things to think about while you are out there destroying a good chain.
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