Timeline for Rotating 12-speed SRAM GX chain
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| Oct 10, 2018 at 22:40 | comment | added | cmaster - reinstate monica | I guess, this is for economical reasons? How many kilometers can you ride a cassette before it's worn out? And how many kilometers do you expect it to last longer with fresh chains? Can you actually buy the new chains for the money that you save on cassettes? I mean, unless you can confidently answer the last question with "yes", you will wasting time and money rotating chains for no good reason. (Rotating chain/cassette before an important race would be a totally different issue: That's a good reason for a non-regular swap right before the event.) | |
| Oct 10, 2018 at 15:44 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | Is it worth using a new PowerLock every time? No, not at all. It's anecdotal, but I broke SRAMs "never reuse a PowerLock" rules for years with zero problems - as did a lot of fellow riders. (I've been using KMC chains lately, so I've been reusing KMC's quick links - again with zero problems) | |
| Oct 10, 2018 at 15:17 | comment | added | snorberhuis | With rotating chains I mean swapping between multiple chains after an amount of km's ridden. I have met people that do this. See: bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/21371/… | |
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| Oct 10, 2018 at 7:18 | comment | added | Carel | Rotating the chain to have it run in the opposite direction is a no-go for many chains. Several makes of chains indicate the sense of rotation. | |
| Oct 10, 2018 at 0:37 | comment | added | mikes | I believe the "rotation" may mean to install the chain so it runs in the opposite direction. As in installing the outer plate side to the inside. I don't understand why you would want to. | |
| Oct 9, 2018 at 21:23 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | Uh, the chain rotates whenever you turn the crank. | |
| Oct 9, 2018 at 19:41 | answer | added | Grigory Rechistov | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 9, 2018 at 15:01 | comment | added | Argenti Apparatus | I guess it would extend the life of the cassette as two chains would effectively half the ‘stretch rate’ of the chain, but it increases maintenance time required to swap the chains of course. | |
| Oct 9, 2018 at 14:56 | comment | added | Andy P | @ArgentiApparatus That was my interpretation too. And in the case of mountain biking which can wear chains out very quickly depending on conditions, sounds like a giant headache for minimal gain to me. | |
| Oct 9, 2018 at 14:52 | comment | added | Argenti Apparatus | What do you mean by 'rotate the chain'? Have more than one chain and swap them out periodically? | |
| Oct 9, 2018 at 14:52 | answer | added | Argenti Apparatus | timeline score: 0 | |
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