Timeline for Dish soap or WD-40?
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| Feb 4, 2020 at 20:19 | comment | added | computercarguy | @AndrewHenle, then I'd recommend you write your own answer. This is my experience with bikes. It's fine that your experience is different, but don't blame me for having different experience than you. | |
| Feb 4, 2020 at 20:10 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | You've stated things that are, to put it bluntly, wrong. Such as "Since you aren't a professional rider, you don't have to worry about chain wear." and "You'll likely replace your bike before needing to replace the chain". Both of those are just wrong and in no way "facts of the 99%". Chains wear out faster than bicycles do. Your experience with the likely heavy "10-speed" chains of yore doesn't really apply to today's much thinner 8-, 9-, 10, 11- or even 12-speed chains, and "100 miles a month" isn't much riding at all. | |
| Feb 4, 2020 at 19:48 | comment | added | computercarguy | @AndrewHenle, your examples aren't part of the "likely" I was talking about. Stating information about outliers in the 1% don't negate the facts of the 99%. | |
| Feb 4, 2020 at 19:38 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | I rode probably over a hundred miles a month Most of the people reading this likely average 100 miles a week or more. I've done over 1,000 miles a month. There are probably a few reading this that average 100 miles a day. You'll likely replace your bike before needing to replace the chain One of my road bikes has over 50,000 miles on it, and it's still kicking (and creaking, and rattling - it's pretty much trainer-bound now...) | |
| Dec 9, 2019 at 19:10 | comment | added | computercarguy | @WeiwenNg, I was on my bike a considerable amount of time in HS and didn't get a car until my senior year. I also had jobs through most of my HS time, so I rode probably over a hundred miles a month and never had a problem with my chain and using WD-40. Regardless, a new bike chain is less than $20. Even when I was dirt poor mowing lawns for money as a kid, I could afford $10 for a new chain, but I only ever needed to replace a chain once, after a really bad winter and it completely rusted. Also, the OP is likely to get their drivers license soon and bikes will likely take 2nd fiddle. | |
| Dec 9, 2019 at 18:59 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | I don't necessarily agree with the statement that "Since you aren't a professional rider, you don't have to worry about chain wear. You'll likely replace your bike before needing to replace the chain..." Road bike chains might last between 2,000 and 5,000 miles, maybe more if they're taken care of really conscientiously. MTB chains ridden off road might not last as long due to greater contamination. In any case, some amateurs will need new chains every 1 to 3 years. You'd have to ride very short distances to not need to worry about chain wear. | |
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| Dec 9, 2019 at 17:54 | history | answered | computercarguy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |