New chain amazes
#26
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Joined: Jun 2005
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From: rockford, il
Bikes: Trek 7700, C'dale R2000
Put me down for someone who did it. Brand new Madone 5.2. Biking in Florida 100 miles/day on a trail. Clean and lubricate the Chain every day. Hardly any rain (was winter). The bike started to act up after 10,000 miles of it. I was training for CC Tour for 120 days.
I replaced everything the chain touched. Several hundred dollars.
I check the chain for stretch but find little evidence of it. I use high cadence biking with not too much sprinting or standing while biking.





