Redmires wrote:servodude wrote:found this link that covers chain wear and associated guff
https://www.bikeradar.com/features/how-to-know-when-its-time-to-replace-your-bicycle-chain
Thanks, that's very thorough. This image is similar to what my chain was like. I now realise I have to check it more often as the last bike I had was a Raleigh 5 speed (1980's vintage), when chains did last forever.
My last commuter before this one was a Raleigh "all terrain bike" from about 1990
- absolute workhorse of a thing
- stolen in 2006 while it's cables were cut, and I'd nipped to the pub for lunch
I was taking the parts off the frame as I got the new one; i'd intended to turn the frame in to something else (everything else was worn) - I hope it cost him his teeth
-sd