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3-speed drive trains should naturally have a straight chain line and lots of room for the chain, which is typically wider. So I doubt that the chain is too wide. … Continually catching will stress the chain. …

Total Cost of Ownership If you let the chain wear excessively you will at some point have to replace: Chain; Cassette; Chain Rings; and Derailleur pulley wheels. … Let's put the price of derailleur pulleys at 1 chain (this is up for debate). And a chain costs the price of 1 chain. That brings the total cost of a drive train to 7 chains. …

On a new, unworn chain, this link pin will also line up exactly with an inch mark. … Worn rollers will affect the realized pitch of the chain. If your chain ring is too worn, the teeth will look like a shark fin and a new chain will slip under pressure. …

Depending on the damage it can behave “normally” under a low load, but eject the chain under a higher torque load. …

So I am not clear whether you will find any tangible gains in longevity by using an e-bike chain, unless you are consistently breaking chains by shifting under loads or running poor chain lines. … As an aside, if maximizing longevity is your key concern, you should consider hot waxing a chain. …

The chain was wiped clean, re-lubed and wiped every 50-100 km. A Shimano XT chain was used. … Chain stretch plotted against duration over the course of the life of a single chain (Shimano XT). …

A missed shift can easily pry the outer plate off the pin causing the chain to fail. … I suspect you were sold a used or pre-installed chain, where they pushed the pin partially as a "service" to you, but if you reinsert that pin in all likelihood the chain will fail at some point in the …

Count the number of pins/rollers that would be present if you closed the chain, in this case Image A would be classified as having four "links" - answer (c), but really (e) because I don't think description …

Chain suck is the likely culprit. … When the chain is dirty, lacks lube, or is otherwise out of spec (i.e., worn) is combined with a small chain ring with an off-angle chain line there can be a slight delay in disengagement of the chain …

If the derailleur was left in the upper position the chain could partially catch then drop back down to the lower ring. … If ignored and ridden in that position over many, many miles the chain would continual catch and drop, wearing the inner side of the ring. …

If you only purchased the cassette and chain one month prior, it is highly unlikely that you substantially wore your cassette and chain out. … Most people ignore chain maintenance and do often wear the cassette too much for a new chain to mesh correctly. …

As you can see wear rate is fairly linear so extrapolating outside observed data range isn't too problematic (assuming we use the chain under similar conditions). … In this case, the regression model predicts it will be time to change the chain at about 3,250 km. …

Either way, you will likely need to change your chain soon. … More recent XT chains (not displayed) seem to have the same initial reading as the Ultegra chain so I may have lucked out with the XT chain in the plot. …

Typically, you will need to wipe the chain off again even after a short ride. … Using solvents on the chain too early also removes the factory lube (typically a type of wax), which reduces chain longevity. …

It sounds like too much chain tension. The new chain will be ever so slightly shorter (i.e., un-stretched). … The length difference between the new and old chain may be enough to make the sound go away with the old chain. …