Originally Posted by
WhyFi
What kind of chainring mileage do y'all get? I feel like my teeth are getting a little thin and I'm occasionally experiencing a skip, but I only (?) have 10-12k on the ring. Is that unusual?
Originally Posted by
Bah Humbug
Must be all the watts. I’ve never (knowingly) gotten close to wearing out a chainring, and while I don’t have a mileage count, but trainer hours have to be harder. I seem to recall hearing several times that being the common lifespan though.
I think you should get at least 25K miles from a chainring. Maybe 50K. At least for me, they take forever to wear out.
Even cassettes give me 10-15k miles.
I do replace chains when worn to 0.1%, which is roughly every 3500 miles.
YMMV.