Using my park chain checker the chain is worn to 1.0 (do i put the curved end in first and then the straight prong?)
I am at SITS at the weekend - do i:
a/ leave it
b/change cassette and chain just in case?
Get a new one 😯
Nope - leave it - I bet the new one will skip - just wear the whole chainset out - !!
However if its claggy and muddy it may chainsuck more 🙂
FR - i meant change to new chain and cassette pre saturday
It'll be absolutely fine, if I go by those Park checkers most of my chains are at 1.0 after a couple of months, I keep them for a year with no ill effects!
if its not skipping, don't worry! the chain on my XC bike is off the scale on a chain checker, doesn't skip.
Just chain checkers as a rough guide. Once the chain checker says it's there, measure it over a good distance with a steel rule and see if its stretched 5% or more. If not, you'd get away with a new chain.
Quick update - 3minutes into lap one at SITS and the ****er snapped as i tried to stomp up the hill from the first downhill!!
