Originally Posted by
jimc101
That was an attempt to kill the tread drift, as it was going places which the OP's bike couldn't
Back to the chain problem, looking at Buggington's bike specs, it's a 7 speed, which gives problems to what chains are avaliable, unfortunalty the Ti-Nitride chains (that I have been able to find) are only available from 9-11 speed, so that kills that idea.
Another option would be to look at what lube is used, something like a wax based lube, Pedros Ice Wax, or White Lightning, or one of Finishline Ceramic based lubes, all of these should be good at rust prevention, however as I mentioned, being in the UK, and at this time of year means a lot of salt type grit on the roads, which is corrosive to bikes, just giving the bike a clean water wash when you get home will help in prevening some corrosion, but won't prevent it totally.
Hmmm... That makes it sound like its for road bikes only - I don't know many MTB's that have 9-11 speeds! Shame, cos that sounded like it could have been a good solution.
The waxes sound like a good idea, but how does it work better than oil?
Originally Posted by Al1943;
Use an oil base lube and try to keep the bike dry if possible.
I do already, but sometimes it's just not possible to keep it dry
Originally Posted by Al1943;
And ride on.
Originally Posted by
c.miller64
I've switched to Dura-Ace chains and I'm getting about the same mileage out of them. I attribute most of that to leaving the original factory coating on and never cleaning it (just a wipe down with a towel after each ride).
I only get about 1500 out of a cheap chain before stretching well over 1/8" - although it is a well used MTB.