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Old 03-06-08 | 03:27 PM
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RHoude
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Originally Posted by Danielle
With the park tool chain checker, do you replace at .75 or 1. When does the wear start damaging cogs?
My experience is that small cogs will start wearing out fast when chain stretches beyond .75

Last year, I let the chain on my girlfriend's stretch a bit beyond 1 and ended up having to replace the two smaller cogs.

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Ron
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