Originally Posted by
Maverick 13330
Not really.. I change my Chain every 500miles of my Roam. Comparing its cassette to my other bikes, I can tell that i dont see any significant wearing on its cogs. Only scratches. Take note the gears and chainring already have over 4000miles on it.
I agree, cleaning up the chain regularly helps you a lot in prolonging your chain life.
Why do you change out your chain so often ? If I changed out my chain every 500 miles, I would be replacing a chain every month ! I've been a avid rider for 35 years, and I have always got 4000 to 6000 out of a chain, and basically I always needed a new cassette because a new chain would skip.
I have almost 8,000 miles on my Fuji Crosstown, I replaced the chain and cassette at around 4500 miles because the chain would start to skip once in a while on hard hill climbs. I clean my chain once a week, I'm a weekly maintenance type person, and always keep my bike clean.
To each his own, but I will ALWAYS change the cassette when replacing the chain.
