Originally Posted by skydive69
Sounds pretty abnormal to me. I just replaced my DA 10 speed chain (I run full DA gruppo) with about 5000 (hard, fast) miles. It was just past the .75 on the Park tool, and my LBS said it had more life in it. I wanted to spare my cassette however. I clean and lube mine after every ride - how do you take care of yours?
Clean and lube once a week 100-200 miles (150 is average). I wonder if the rainy season had anything to do with it? I did ride on few wet days, maybe it's possible all the extra grit that accumulates on the drive train when it's wet out helped wear the chain. I used Dumonde Tech lub for the life of the first chain. Since installing the second chain, I've gone back to White Lightning. On my old bike I always used White Lightning and my chains lasted up to 5000 miles. The wrench at Supergo did tell me that 1500 is average on the DA 10spd. I probably could have gone a little further on the old chain, but I was putting on a new and expensive 12/27 cassette for the weekend and didn't want to take my chances on trashing the cassette.