Originally Posted by Seattle Forrest

I bought a road bike about three months ago, with a full Ultegra ( 6700 ) group. Since then I've put about 1,400 miles on it, with too many of them being rainy miles. And Seattle has steep hills, so the chain has seen its share of stress.

Anyway, I took the bike to the LBS the other day because I'd heard the drive train creak a few times, and figured it must be time to replace the chain. Well, it's not. The chain wear tool says it's about halfway through its life. ( They took the cranks apart, cleaned and greased them, and the creak went away. ) So, with some lube every 100 miles or so, it looks like I should get 2,500 to 3,000 miles out of this 10-speed chain. I've been getting about 1,000 to 1,500 out of the 9-speed chains on my CX bike. I'm impressed!

Anyone else notice the same thing?