Pezcyclingnews: The Chain Explained: Respect Your Links!



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Most people don’t realize how critical chains are to speed and total cycling performance. Bicycle chain maintenance is crucial with so many moving parts and very tight specs – as Tom Petrie from from Cantitoe Road explains with the Wippermann chain.Your chain has a huge number of moving parts and is made to very tight spec, even in the case you have a cheap piece of kit… For the better products, including the top line kit from component manufacturers as well as guys like Wippermann, these are tiny works of art and they very frequently don’t get any place near the care theyshould.Tom Petrie of Cantitoe Road talks about theWippermann product here, but this is a nice video that, in the case you pay attention and have half a brain, will let you know that there are a half dozen-ish wearing and friction surfaces built into each link. And that doesn’t include the chainring and cassette teeth tearing at your links.Chain quality, lube quality and maintenance are likely something you don’t do well enough…Have a look…Get more info: CantitoeRoad.comConnexchain.com

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