How Often Change Road Bike Cassette

A worn out chain will also wear out your cassette and chainring teeth.

How often change road bike cassette. This spring i changed my chain for the first time after 2792kms. After that all the tips you need are in the video. If you only purchased the cassette and chain one month prior it is highly unlikely that you substantially wore your cassette and chain out. As it deteriorates the cylindrical rollers between the links lose their shape to become more like hourglass.

Your bike chain cassette and chainrings will all wear out eventually but how do you know when to change them. How chain determines when to replace the road bike cassette. Then put it on the largest cassette sprocket at the back nearest wheel. As an important component of the road bike chain is the main topic of this post.

Cassette tools vary based on whether you re using sram shimano or campagnolo so make sure you get the right one for your cassette. After leaving it for a long time when i do change the chain and cassette on my commuting bike you can really notice the difference. How when to change a chain on your road bike duration. My heart was in my mouth when i heard the deadly chunk chunk of a slipping chain.

Last autumn i got a new cannondale evo six after five years with my jamis xenith and threeish full drive train rebuilds. The chain of your road bike wears quickly compared to the chain ring or the cogs in the cassette. Doing so can extend the lifetime of your cassette and chainrings which in the end will save you money sram technical expert chris mckenney agrees. Most people ignore chain maintenance and do often wear the cassette too much for a new chain to mesh correctly.

Take a new chain and put it in the largest front chainring e g the 50 or 52 tooth outer chain ring. Chains chainrings and cassettes all wear together he says.