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ive not changed chains, which i should have done, of course, its been ridden mostly in the condition from my january pic, lubed with Pure Dry Lube prior to every ride, cleaned maybe 3/4 times and jetwashed a couple of times,
heres a couple of pics of the cassette from earlier today, ive got a new chainring/cassette/jockey wheels to fit, although will be a couple of days before i do so, however, it looks "ok" id expect the steel cassette to wear better than the ali chainring/plastic jockey wheels
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I have to ask was that chainring still working ok in that state?
I think I'd be pretty disappointed if the jockey wheels and rings looked like that after 1500 miles! My Mt Zoom jockey wheels and soft Absolute Black chainring have done a similar amount on XTR 1x10 and are worn but still have their shape. EDIT: Only washed the bike 3 or 4 times in 13 months 😯
Well it's here:For the weight weenies!
Cassette 269g
Chainset (gxp 170mm 32t no bb) 566g
Trigger (with inner cable) 108g
Grip shift (with inner cable) 105g
Grip shift half grip 36g
Matching left hand full grip 62g
Rear mech 241g
The trigger weight is misleading as you have to add 25g for the clamp. For the real weight weenies 😳
Cassette 268g
Chainset (FSA K-Force Light crank, Alu bolts, AB ring) 506g (£197)
Trigger shifter (with inner cable, CF matchmaker to XTR M985 brakes, Ti bolts) 113g
Rear mech (with Alu jockey bolts, KCNC 12T jockey wheels, Fibre Lyte Inner cage) 225g
XX1 Chain 238g
All those additions saves pretty much bang on 100g over stock (including XX1 crank) for around £40 more (taking the CRC XX1 crank price in to account). Not too bad.
Friend of mine started a race yesterday on his brand new never ridden XX1, the chain broke on the first climb and he went home.
SRAM revised the tech docs to say chain length should be big-big plus 4 links but the chains are still shipping with instructions saying 2 links which might explain this
chainring was working fine
i think its fair to say regardless of miles (1500 isnt loads i guess), thats worn fairly well, its fairly obvious from what you've said and your pics last year to todays present ones that its never massively cleaned etc etc, so i dont think thats too bad given the lack of maintenance with it
the cassette looks like its still ok, but is hard to judge, will be interesting to see if it shifts ok with a new chain/chainring!
im keeping my cassette clean pretty religously so i expect if thats lasted a year like that i should get a bit more mileage out of it for myself
also DR what replacement Jockey wheels did you go for? just the XX1 one ones again?
depends on the 1500 miles, you can be out all day in the peaks and only do 20 miles
I'm quite happy with the wear, given the conditions i know its been ridden in and where and the lack of maintenance, if the cassettes ok it will cost me £35 chain, £45 jockeys and £55 chainring to replace, which i reckon as a yearly bill is ok, as i picked it up from the bike shop last November and I've not replaced anything on the bike,
just thought id share my real world wet and muddy review
Impressive it has lasted so well through that kind of use.
Any 12T jockey wheels will work fine for anyone not fancying £45 for the SRAM spares
yes just the stock ones
dirtyrider - Member
depends on the 1500 miles, you can be out all day in the peaks and only do 20 milesI'm quite happy with the wear, given the conditions i know its been ridden in and where and the lack of maintenance, if the cassettes ok it will cost me £35 chain, £45 jockeys and £55 chainring to replace, which i reckon as a yearly bill is ok, as i picked it up from the bike shop last November and I've not replaced anything on the bike,
just thought id share my real world wet and muddy review
agreed i only did 2200 miles on my bike last year (all mtb dont own a road) and did 368,000 feet of climbing in that, doesnt sound alot mileage wise but climbing its averaging over 3000ft per ride, and just 20 miles average length per ride, all in the peak!!! and that 3000ft climbing in the grit in the peak is going to be doing damage to your drive train every single ride, whether it be 10-20-30 miles
so like dirtyrider i see what he means, and i think if you've not replaced a thing you have defo done well, the chainring looks fubared but again given the amount of grit and crap that gets in there and you've not cleaned it its last pretty well for a year in those conditions
im looking after mine, as in a bit too much really (more than id like/have the time), but im hoping to get well over a year out of the cassette and i will keep changing the chain a bit earlier too....
its good to know riding the peak in all the shit/grit/mud etc that you have a cassette that looks in 'ok' condition
let us know if your shiftings still sweet though (with old cassette) when you put the new stuff on please 🙂
and thanks for the update/info
no worries, will update when i get round to fitting/riding,
i have the same setup on my Krampus, but ive only done sub 200 miles on that, ill (try to) keep that one cleaner 😆
dirtyrider cheers
yeh id defo do a bit more maintaining on it 😆
was most of your riding in the peak then?
mattjg - MemberFriend of mine started a race yesterday on his brand new never ridden XX1, the chain broke on the first climb and he went home.
That's just your classic bathtub failure curve- stuff is most likely to fail when very new or very old, first ride shows up manufacturing and installation defects (or shipping damage) rather than really testing reliability.
was most of your riding in the peak then?
no, but there was some peak riding in there, i was just making a point that not everyones 1500 miles is the same,
through another set of jockey wheels on the Krampus, 6 months, about bang on 600km, teeth are fine, bearing is ceased, zero maintenance, bit fragile?
also, on the tallboy, i have a "clunk" in the rear mech, i thought it was the frame bearings/shock, removed the shock, compressed the bike, clear "vibration" clicky clunk to the mech, removed the chain, no issue