EricK, I couldn't agree more. I replace my 8/9-speed chains at about 6,000 miles and they show very little wear (SRAM). I do it just because I suppose I should :<( I also use a Teflon product that I apply once a week every 200+ miles. If riding in the rain I cut application times in half. I never clean my chain and only wipe it off when I think I should. Here's the product I use. It's about $5 a can at Lowes Home Center and lasts a long time:
http://www2.dupont.com/Consumer_Lubricants/en_US/products/multi_use_lubricant.html I do not understand the 2,000 mile replacement or the cleaning rituals. The Sram 850 cassette is at most $25 and a replacement Sugino 600 crank (two arms and three rings) is roughly $100. Both last a long long time and the crank rings at least twice as long as the cassette. So inexpensive it almost makes buying replacement parts poor economics. Anyone ever wonder what the difference is between the different Sram chains? (ex. 830 vs. 850). I'm not 100% sure but I believe it is the hardness of the pins. The harder the pins the longer it will last ... with proper lubrication of course. Matt On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 9:46:05 PM UTC-7, EricK wrote: > > There's a fair amount of sand on the roads in the desert. I tend to the > chain about every 300 miles. A swim in OMS and then some FL teflon dry. > > Replace every 2k miles? That's interesting. One of the benefits I enjoy > by using sub-10sp drivetrains is not having to change the chain every > 2000-2500 miles. The 9sp chain I cleaned last week is coming up on 6k > miles and shows very modest wear yet (less than 0.25%). > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
