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Old 11-08-10 | 02:18 PM
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From: Mesa, AZ

Bikes: Moots RCS, tandem, beach-cruiser, MTB, Specialized-Allez road-bike, custom track-bike

I've never gotten more than 2000 miles out of a bushing chain. It's too hard to get lubrication and cleaners into the bushing. If oil drips down into both ends of a bushing, it traps an air-bubble in between them and no more flow occurs.

With bushingless chains, it's much easier for cleaners and lube to get into the parts that wear and I regularly see 4000-8000 miles out of bushingless chain.
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