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Old December 18th 17, 06:07 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Default new chain, slack

On 17/12/17 22:43, Emanuel Berg wrote:
It seems after putting on a new chain, it turns
really slack after only 2-3 weeks. When you
then restraighten it, it remains tight
considerably longer. Is this so or does
intuition play a trick on me? In general, how
many bike hours does a chain last?


Fully enclosed hub/ss setup seem to last forever. My old dérailleur
setup was a chain a year/ about 2,000kms. The current setup, with
hub/open chain guard looks to be 3x that so far. One more year to make.


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