"Winter in MN means lots of sand/salt/chemicals on the roads. It does a number on chains and chainrings."
This is the other extreme of environment that will eat drive trains. Even a wet climate is tough because all that road grit gets into things. That's why chain life is so variable. dougP On Monday, February 24, 2014 3:56:35 AM UTC-8, EricP wrote: > > My rule is after each winter replace chain. No matter how many/few miles. > This year will probably only get about 150 to 200 miles on the bike with > this chain. But it will go away by late march. > > Personally not to the point where the cassette gets replaced after winter > with that few miles. Although probably should. > > Winter in MN means lots of sand/salt/chemicals on the roads. It does a > number on chains and chainrings. That's also a reason some folks like > steel rings. Slower wear. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 1:26 AM, Chris Chen <cc...@nougat.org<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> And if you don't do it, eventually your chain, rings, and cassettes will >> wear and if you get chainsuck at an unfortunate place, you'll crash. >> >> So replace the f'n chain. It's $20. >> >> :) >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Michael <john1...@gmail.com<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> So is it as easy to do myself as just buying a new 9-speed chain, >>> matching the link count and then snapping together the master link? >>> >>> Any tips? >>> >>> -- >>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >>> . >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "I want the kind of six pack you can't drink." -- Micah >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
