aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,585
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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I'm not clear on what size chain you are wearing out. I've seen 1/8" chains last for decades. Maybe you still have tension in your chain. You should have none. Tension doesn't help anything. Maybe you let grit into your chain by riding in dirty conditions and not cleaning the grit out. Those are the only explanations I can come up with.