dirtyrider – Member
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
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