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It really depends, there are cheap tools that can measure chain stretch. A decent chain should last a year or more unless you're climbing up the Alps every day.
by secondcoming 6y ago
It really depends, there are cheap tools that can measure chain stretch. A decent chain should last a year or more unless you're climbing up the Alps every day.
The chain, cassette and chainrings are a combo. If your chain is worn then they are too. Check their teeth. A sign of a worn chain can be gears slipping. It takes some really intense power to wear out a bicycle chain every 3 months.
Cassettes aren't that expensive unless you're going for elite titanium ones. But if you're at that level you should have your own tools in case something breaks on your 100km regular ride!
- andor 6y agoThe chain, cassette and chainrings are a combo. If your chain is worn then they are too. That's not true. If you change the chain early enough, cassette and chainrings will last for a couple of chains. If you ride with a worn chain, the other components wear at an accelerated rate.
- Mediterraneo10 6y agoChainrings will last for more than "a couple of chains". In the touring world, one is usually advised to replace the chain every 2500 km or so. A steel chainring, however, should easily give you 20,000 km of life.
- Matthias247 6y agoRight. My rule of thumb is about 3 chains for 1 cassette and set of chainrings. Where one chain was about 2500km.