Originally Posted by
MePoocho
Hey Folks,
Being a 'NewBie' I've gotta ask....... What chain will give the longest wear if cleaned / oiled weekly, used on paved flat roads, not in wet conditions, and cost will not get me tossed out of my house. I'm not a concerned with weight just durability. Heck my shoes weigh more than most of the French or Italian rode boys and their bikes.......
I have a Shimano 7 sp road bike and have gone through two (2) KMC Z51 chains in 300 miles each chain. I ride 77.5 miles five days a week. Use the Park chain cleaner each week to clean and oil the chain using various oils. I measure wear using Park's CC 3.2 'go-no-go' tool and at 250 ~ 300 miles several areas of the chains are at the .75 limit.
This means I go through a chain every 3 to 4 weeks. Any suggestions...?
Thanks
KMC's "Z" chains are their cheapest ones, but even they should be lasting longer than 300 miles! Perhaps your cleaning ritual is doing more harm than good. I lube my SRAM PC-850s with Chain-L and don't need to do *anything* with them for 750 miles at a time. Some of them are at 3000+ miles and don't need replacing yet.