Originally Posted by
uoficowboy
So the cogs look OK to me - but my eyes may not be well adjusted for looking. I'll post photos later tonight. I measured 16 links of chain and it was somewhere around 8.1-8.15" long. Looking at
Sheldon Brown's article it sounds like it's time to replace my chain, and possibly time to replace my cassette as well. Thoughts?
It
MAY be time to replace a chain, and then again it may not. Also, the chain may not be the cause f your problem, and replacing the chain
MAY call for a new cassette and again it may not. There are people who spend money on what they
MAY need, but I'm not one of them.
If you've decided to replace the chain based on wear. it's strictly up to you. But if you're replacing the chain because it
MAY solve your skipping problem, you may be throwing money away unnecessarily.
I mentioned 2 likely causes, one would involving replacing parts, but checking and adjusting trim is
FREE and involves only a minute of your time. Since you don't know the exact cause, I think it makes sense to rule out the free one before spending any dough. But I'm kind of tight with repair dough.