Quote by nts:
"I'm guessing that since it was left outside in an area with high winds and dust storms that may have been an issue?"
The modern racing bike is a precision instrument. It will still operate well under demanding conditions and suffer more than a little abuse before function is adversely affected.
I, and I believe everyone reading this thread, am baffled that you and a couple of LBS mechanics could not diagnose and effect a repair on the shifting function...despite the somewhat more complicated nature of a 10-speed index system as opposed to a 5-speed 3/32" chain, friction shift system.
Like I said above, it's NOT rocket surgery.
Wear? That's a metric affected by many things, including dust storms and outdoor storage. Neither of which do anything to improve the wear characteristics of an open drive power transmission system of ANY number of gear ratios.
As Maydog stated, he's pounding out Watts of power and kills his stuff quickly. So do I. We know this. From experience.
People that race or train hard know they're wasting steel at a more rapid rate that the dude that hits the bike path once a week for 20 miles of exercise. Hills kill gears, chains and shifters. Road grit kills gears, chains, derailleur pulleys, etc. Power and racing abuse kills steel.
Alf and others have pointed out that cleaning is a necessity to maximize wear. I told you I have 30K miles on a Chorus rig and my derailleur pulleys are just fine despite Ohio roads full of road grit, dust, dirt and winter salt. How did they manage to last that long? Frequent (weekly and sometimes bi-weekly cleaning and fresh grease in the pulley bushings a couple times per year.
I'm a fairly high mileage rider. Someone piling on less miles could easily stretch that cleaning schedule out. Someone in dusty conditions could clean more often.
Back to that old 3/32" chain and 5-speed Regina freewheel...
Yes, it WILL last longer than a modern setup. Would any of us go back to the Gino Bartali days other than to ride one of the 'Heroica' style Gran Fondo events that requires the use of old bikes and tech? Hellz no! We trade wear and higher maintenance for weight reduction, more and closer ratios, improved to the point of brain dead shifting function and better performance for our effort on the bike.
OBC hit it on the head...you can go back to a 5-speed Nuovo Record style bike if you choose. If you assembled your 10-speed system you can certainly collect up enough old Campy pieces parts to build yourself an awesome repli-racer out of the 1970's or early 1980's.
"I'm guessing that since it was left outside in an area with high winds and dust storms that may have been an issue?"
The modern racing bike is a precision instrument. It will still operate well under demanding conditions and suffer more than a little abuse before function is adversely affected.
I, and I believe everyone reading this thread, am baffled that you and a couple of LBS mechanics could not diagnose and effect a repair on the shifting function...despite the somewhat more complicated nature of a 10-speed index system as opposed to a 5-speed 3/32" chain, friction shift system.
Like I said above, it's NOT rocket surgery.
Wear? That's a metric affected by many things, including dust storms and outdoor storage. Neither of which do anything to improve the wear characteristics of an open drive power transmission system of ANY number of gear ratios.
As Maydog stated, he's pounding out Watts of power and kills his stuff quickly. So do I. We know this. From experience.
People that race or train hard know they're wasting steel at a more rapid rate that the dude that hits the bike path once a week for 20 miles of exercise. Hills kill gears, chains and shifters. Road grit kills gears, chains, derailleur pulleys, etc. Power and racing abuse kills steel.
Alf and others have pointed out that cleaning is a necessity to maximize wear. I told you I have 30K miles on a Chorus rig and my derailleur pulleys are just fine despite Ohio roads full of road grit, dust, dirt and winter salt. How did they manage to last that long? Frequent (weekly and sometimes bi-weekly cleaning and fresh grease in the pulley bushings a couple times per year.
I'm a fairly high mileage rider. Someone piling on less miles could easily stretch that cleaning schedule out. Someone in dusty conditions could clean more often.
Back to that old 3/32" chain and 5-speed Regina freewheel...
Yes, it WILL last longer than a modern setup. Would any of us go back to the Gino Bartali days other than to ride one of the 'Heroica' style Gran Fondo events that requires the use of old bikes and tech? Hellz no! We trade wear and higher maintenance for weight reduction, more and closer ratios, improved to the point of brain dead shifting function and better performance for our effort on the bike.
OBC hit it on the head...you can go back to a 5-speed Nuovo Record style bike if you choose. If you assembled your 10-speed system you can certainly collect up enough old Campy pieces parts to build yourself an awesome repli-racer out of the 1970's or early 1980's.
