Recent content by Cooljase

Hey, thanks to everyone who's answered - really helpful. Yes, I get that the tool is inherently inaccurate (I kind of realised this already but thanks Alienator for the link to the extremely detailed explanation). I just want something that's very quick and easy to use and should give me an...

Hi all. Any experts out there on chain wear? I was under the impression that chains should be changed when they'd 'stretched' by 1%. So I was surprised to notice that when I bought a Park Tools chain checker yesterday it measured not 1% of stretch but 0.75% of stretch. I just checked up...