Show us your.......newbie progress!

[Nigelnaturist]

This is a bit better.

As you can see very little wear on the middle cogs.
To get any more depth of field I need to get the tripod out, as it was shot with an old (about 35 years old) Helios 58mm lens with a 13mm extension tube @f4
I really don't understand how people get through chains and cassettes so quickly.

 

[Stonechat]

I don't know what to look for but cannot see the wear anyway
The last bike I had in the 80s and 90s never changed cassettes or chains

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Stonechat if you look at the shape of the teeth on the middle (most used) cogs and the slightly out of focused outer ones (previous picture), these being less used, there is very little difference between them, my most used would be the middle 4

 

[Mo1959]

I don't know what to look for but cannot see the wear anyway
The last bike I had in the 80s and 90s never changed cassettes or chains

I'm beginning to think they made them better back then. I can't remember ever having to change anything on bikes I had as a kid. They probably make them out of cheese nowadays so we all have to replace bits much more often!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I'm beginning to think they made them better back then. I can't remember ever having to change anything on bikes I had as a kid. They probably make them out of cheese nowadays so we all have to replace bits much more often!

You probably didn't ride them 6,000 miles a year either.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@Stonechat if you look at the shape of the teeth on the middle (most used) cogs and the slightly out of focused outer ones (previous picture), these being less used, there is very little difference between them, my most used would be the middle 4
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much clearer on that picture!

 

[Nigelnaturist]

much clearer on that picture!

I still don't understand how people get through chains/cassettes so quickly.

 

[Nomadski]

I still don't understand how people get through chains/cassettes so quickly.

I didn't change my cassette because it had worn though, my cassette I took off was pretty much perfect still. Wanted a different cassette on mine, to give me an easier ride up the worst of the hills.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I didn't change my cassette because it had worn though, my cassette I took off was pretty much perfect still. Wanted a different cassette on mine, to give me an easier ride up the worst of the hills.

@Nomadski

Have you tried it yet?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I didn't change my cassette because it had worn though, my cassette I took off was pretty much perfect still. Wanted a different cassette on mine, to give me an easier ride up the worst of the hills.

I wasn't getting at anyone in particular. I know why you changed, I changed for the same reasons, just in a slightly different way, its just some seem to only get 1,000 miles out of a chain, and these are supposedly more experienced riders than many of us in here. I mean I am not easy on my kit, ok its not commuting ( I can understand, that kit is out in all weathers), but I don't shy away from, rain, muddy roads ect, mind you my wheels don't seem to last, but maybe that just says how hard I am on my kit, and I need more expensive wheels , but the way these 501's seem to be (seem smooth on the road than the RS10/11's ) perhaps just get a pair of them every year at £60-70, who knows the rims might last longer than 7,000 miles, lets put it this way my front gatorskin is on its third rim and still keeps going.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I'm beginning to think they made them better back then. I can't remember ever having to change anything on bikes I had as a kid. They probably make them out of cheese nowadays so we all have to replace bits much more often!

Nice one Mo'.

That's my next excuse ready made for when I can't be *rsed to go out on my bike when I should be out on it.

"They don't make them there cassettes like they used to. It'll wear out too soon if I keep using it too often."

Thanks.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@SpokeyDokey no excuse. Tell you what if that wind is a bit brutal, and thats hate to be out in it your way.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I still don't understand how people get through chains/cassettes so quickly.

bad maintenance. It is amazing what grit and water in an oil mixture can do to metal. just think constant nail file action with every pedal stroke.

 

[Learnincurve]

Bike still in shop, had a "well, I guess it wasn't me all along then" moment when they looked at the brakes, rear one in particular is a mess.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

bad maintenance. It is amazing what grit and water in an oil mixture can do to metal. just think constant nail file action with every pedal stroke.

Almost every bike I see seems cleaner than mine.