Originally Posted by
asgelle
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.
Did he mention how they are doing this, what chain or link they are using? 20 replacement pins in a Shimano chain would seem to be asking for trouble.
