Originally Posted by
alloo
How long do your chains and casettes last on your bicycle? With regular maintenance vs w/o maintainance? Miles? Time? I've had two bikes that have needed new chains after about 800 miles is this normal?
They usually last a bit longer than that. I get a few thousand km out of a chain and a cassette lasts three or four chains or so. I don't do a great deal of maintenance (each chain gets properly cleaned maybe two or three times in its life if it's lucky).