11sp chain life on gravel?
Or, what am I doing wrong?
I've got 650 miles on my Warbird since last fall. I bought it new and it has the factory 2x11 SRAM Rival components.
My riding is 95% unpaved surfaces, mostly dirt roads around home. The bike does get dirty on a regular basis but I clean it when I get back and clean/relube the chain with fresh oil.
After a very wet ride this past weekend, I decided to pop the chain off and throw it in the ultrasonic cleaner. After taking the chain out and drying it, I'm now measuring a solid 0.75% chain stretch on my Nashbar chain measuring tool.
So, 650 miles seems awfully early to have this kind of chain wear to me. Is this an exception? I know many people talk down SRAM chains, but it seems like I'm heading toward less than 1000 miles before this chain hits the magic 1% wear mark. Please tell me this isn't usual on 11sp gravel...