Originally Posted by
gurana
Do they seriously get new chains every stage? Seems a little over-the-top. The implication is that these chains are not anywhere close to 100% their max efficiency after a couple hundred miles.
I spoke to a mechanic at the Tour de France a few years ago. He said they put a new chain on at the beginning of the Tour and as long as there are no problems will leave it on for the entire race. They do fully degrease and relube it every day.