Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
I think that no matter what we do the chain; rear cog and crank will all wear out. Meaning if you are racking up the miles - just keep it reasonably clean and lubed (but not to excess) and plan on replacing those parts that wear.
+1. I don't do much preventive maintenance myself, but when I last had to change drive train components, they had over 11 000 km on them. At that point the chain had started skipping like nobody's business. I had to replace the entire drive train of course (cassette, chain, rings+cranks, sprockets and whatnot). Still, I think I got my money's worth of riding out of the parts, with minimal maintenance.
--J