Hi guys, i bought a bike exactly 2 weeks ago today, its brand new, with a sram force groupset.
Its a 1x11 with a MTB cassette ( not sure if this is relevant)
Ive done 10 commutes to work in sunny dry weather and in that time ive degreased and lubed the chain once with finish line dry lube.
Milage on the bike so far must have been close to 100 miles.
My question is, is this worn considering Ive only ridden it for 100miles?
Ive read that for 11spd chains you need to change the chain once it hits .5% wear, according to my chain checker am i almost/already at .5% wear?
Does riding style dictate how fast your chain will wear? Eg intense pedalling?
Ive read somewhere chains last around 2000 miles before people change it.
im also very concious about cross chaining, i mostly use the middle of the cassette and i always let off the pedals when changing gears so that they arent changing under pressure or crunching.