1/2" per foot. Wow. I was brought up by some pretty fastidious mechanics. I was taught in the early 80's 2000 miles or 1/8" per foot, whichever comes first. Perhaps that's the reason I have always stocked up on chains and have never replaced a cogset or chainring due to wear in my life.
On Aug 29, 6:10 pm, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > on 8/29/10 4:09 PM, William at tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: > > > 12K on one chain? Isn't that way way way more than anyone would ever > > recommend? > > Probably. > > On multi-geared bikes, it will tend to degrade the cassette cogs if you run > the chain too long - i.e. past its + 1/2 "stretch" point for 12 link pairs. > After that point, you make longer gullies in the sprocket and new chains > will just skim right over the top. > > - J > > -- > Jim Edgar > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > Gallery updates now appear here -http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > > "Maybe a bike, once discarded, pines away year after year for the first hand > that steered it, and as it grows old it dreams, in its bike way, of the > young roads." > > -- Robert McCammon, "Boy's Life" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
