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  • November 28, 2012 at 4:48 pm #956275
    Tim Kelley
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    I’m not much of a bike mechanic, but one thing I know is that chains should always be replaced when you replace a cassette.

    Chains stretch and wear as much as cassettes do. And then you’re stuck on the side of the trail with a broken chain because of your massive quads.

    November 28, 2012 at 4:57 pm #956278
    ShawnoftheDread
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    @Tim Kelley 36643 wrote:

    I’m not much of a bike mechanic, but one thing I know is that chains should always be replaced when you replace a cassette.

    Chains stretch and wear as much as cassettes do. And then you’re stuck on the side of the trail with a broken chain because of your massive quads.

    Yeah, my massive quads have been wreaking havoc on my old bike.

    I knew I should replace the chain too, I just didn’t want to rush my first chain install and decided to wait for the weekend.

    November 29, 2012 at 4:06 am #956331
    ShawnoftheDread
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    [ATTACH]2109[/ATTACH]

    The lesson here, kids, is don’t buy cheap chain tools and leave them in your seat bag.

    November 29, 2012 at 2:58 pm #956356
    Riley Casey
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    Largely because I haven’t done any of the installs you’ve just done and are contemplating I gotta ask. Once the rear wheel was pulled and the new wheel and cassette ready to install isn’t the substitution of a new chain for the old a relatively minor addition of time and effort? Cluelessness demands illumination as the cassette and chain on my Coda are getting flakey ( only the third chain in ten years ) and my iphone bike repair app makes it all look sooooooo eeeeeeeeeasy.

    @ShawnoftheDread 36641 wrote:

    So I finally got a new rear wheel and cassette last night. I installed them both with no problems. I also bought a new chain, but didn’t have time to install it last night. …

    November 29, 2012 at 3:21 pm #956363
    GuyContinental
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    @Riley Casey 36726 wrote:

    Largely because I haven’t done any of the installs you’ve just done and are contemplating I gotta ask. Once the rear wheel was pulled and the new wheel and cassette ready to install isn’t the substitution of a new chain for the old a relatively minor addition of time and effort? Cluelessness demands illumination as the cassette and chain on my Coda are getting flakey ( only the third chain in ten years ) and my iphone bike repair app makes it all look sooooooo eeeeeeeeeasy.

    It’s pretty easy but kind of messy and if you don’t like chain packing grease (which I don’t) the preliminary cleaning and re-lubing can be time-intensive (yes, I know that some folks swear by the OE grease but I can’t stand it. At all. So into the sonic cleaner it goes).

    Cut old chain
    Use old chain to measure new (if using quick link, measure one link short)
    Spend 45 minutes cleaning and deep-lubing already clean chain
    Install new chain, ideally with quick link to reduce time for future chain OCD-ness

    November 29, 2012 at 3:54 pm #956379
    ShawnoftheDread
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    @GuyContinental 36733 wrote:

    It’s pretty easy but kind of messy and if you don’t like chain packing grease (which I don’t) the preliminary cleaning and re-lubing can be time-intensive (yes, I know that some folks swear by the OE grease but I can’t stand it. At all. So into the sonic cleaner it goes).

    Cut old chain
    Use old chain to measure new (if using quick link, measure one link short)
    Spend 45 minutes cleaning and deep-lubing already clean chain
    Install new chain, ideally with quick link to reduce time for future chain OCD-ness

    It took me about 45 minutes I think. I used Sheldon Brown’s method of measuring the new chain, though just using the old chain sounds much easier. Then my chain tool broke and I had a bit of trouble getting the connector in all the way. Maybe I should have just used a quick link. I didn’t clean or re-lube the new chain.

    The new chain feels good, but the rear is now upshifting itself one gear with each shift. Perhaps I have to tighten the rear derailleur cable (?).

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