I completely believe you, I just don't subscribe to your chain cleaning philosophy. For me, it's not
worth my time to take care of my chain that thoroughly, when a new one is $18.
In fact, the more I think about it, I may never clean my chain again!
"John Everett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:Quoted message said:John Everett said:If a chain is kept clean and well lubricated it will last a very long time indeed. I've gotten
over 18,500 miles from a Dura Ace chain, and when it broke (see my posting on the "HG Chain
Compatibility Question" thread) it still wasn't worn out.I'm curious. Are you sure you didn't mean 1850 miles? What was the wear at that time?
Something doesn't add up here.
Looks like I've been exaggerating for some time. By dint of some Googleing I found the following,
posted right here on r.b.t. April 23, 1997.From:
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Quoted message said:
"As promised, I cleaned and waxed my road bike chains yesterday afternoon. I decided it was
finally time to replace my high mileage Dura-Ace chain because it had 3/32" of "stretch" over two
feet, but I though I'd run it until it needed waxing again. So I put it back on the bike and
headed for last evening's club ride. On the ride I was telling the group that I'd finally decided
to replace my high mileage chain, and we got into a discussion of chain cleaning, lubrication, and
life expectancy. Within a couple of miles, while I was downshifting the front derailleur, the
chain came apart. It looks like one of the pins pulled out. So after 18,138.6 miles of repeatedly
pushing pins in and out, one of them failed. Guess I should have been using those black pins all
along;-)."When I finally reached the parking lot at the end of the ride with a chain now one inch shorter,
I was (of course) greeted with hoots of dirision and a chorus of "Workin' on a Chain Gang". So My
Dura-Ace chain (at least most of the links) made it to 18,142.4 miles."Guess I'll stop claiming I got 18,500 miles out of a chain.
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