Fer sure the way to put off worrying about finding a skipping rear cog is to never replace the chain. The problem with never replacing the chain is it accelerates wear on everything else, so you're more likely going to have replace more stuff when the chain finally craps out.
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Bicicletta89
That's all really interesting. Thanks.
I actually have had some trouble where sometimes when I shift to the big chainring the chain doesn’t catch and it just spins in the lower gear for a bit. I’m hoping that my refurbishment and adjustment of the front derailleur fixes that and it’s not the chainring. Yikes.
I see your point about replacing it all at once because of the gears and chain wearing together. Besides the difficulty shifting up into high gear in front I’ve never had any issue with skipping or any of that. Again, hopefully the derailleur maintenance and adjustment fixes that.