I've had several chains break that weren't stretched. I have the Park tool thingy that checks for stretch. I attributed it to my heavy weight of 250+, and maybe running less oil in the past than i do now. With the low cost of 9 speed chains i just replace them every 3-4 months now (since i picked back up with my Rando riding that's around 1500-2000 miles or so). On Jul 15, 2014 9:17 AM, "Cyclofiend Jim" <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I've only had one chain fail on me. Attributed it to my sloth in > monitoring. One of the tendancies I've noted is that on a simple > drivetrain (fixed/SS) you tend to just blissfully humm along without worry > - everything always works. Until it doesn't. On the chain that failed - > https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclofiend/4781439710 - I think it was > seriously stretched. > > I've typically used 8 speed, but started using a chain tool after the > failure. > > There's a lot more chain stress on a derailleury bike, of course - at > least laterally. I tried a 1/8" chain on my SS mtb and didn't like it - > too much noise and lateral movement on the sprockets and I didn't want to > change everything to the wider stuff. > > - Jim / cyclofiend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
