And yes, that year-old chain is stretched to hell and actively destroying my brand new cassette. Don’t shame me for it - look how shiny it is!
And yes, that year-old chain is stretched to hell and actively destroying my brand new cassette. Don’t shame me for it - look how shiny it is!
Honestly, if your chain isn’t stretched, (use calipers to measure space in links,) you can get away with replacing just the cassette or individual gears. Just recently I overhauled my drive train. I only tend to ride using the smallest gear, (highest speed,) and just that one gear was worn down horribly after 3900 miles. I replaced just that gear in the cassette, and the chain, and retained the rest of the gears because they weren’t really worn.