Wow and I thought running my 3lt ranger was expensive R1.10 per km. But at R3000 for an XX cassette plus 4x SRAM chains at R 400each. And some guys luckily getting 3000km that's R1.50 per km. ouch. Thank goodness I run a SS 2500km on same chain and cogs and still going strong.
Funny thing is it wasn't under huge strain that it broke links it was mostly when accelerating to catch gearies But yeh they do stretch quite a bit in the beginning. Had mine stretch from new, so much on a 80km ride in bela bela that I took out 2 links and didn't have to move my setup.
I had mine that way round and kept breaking links (broke 4 outside links in about 300km) Thought it was a problem with my cogs or chain alignment but a google search showed i had the chain on backwards. Looked right that way round but have switched the chain around and 500km no issues.
Good luck and enjoy the race bud. Might see afterwards if you haven't left by the time i come in. Looking forward to some beers and BBQ in the ignite Braai zone
Haha Thanx dude. I gotta smile cause I'm not good enough to take this **** seriously and I do it for fun. If I wanted to be miserable on the weekends I'd do something crappy like play golf or become a roadie. Must say though rode my bros new carbon 29er HT this weekend and the suspension ans gears where nice for a change.
Haha I had the same problem when I first started SSing. Kept reaching for the shifters. Haha you get over it. Rad my bros gear bike on sat and had the opposite problem. Kept forgetting there are gears and he kept kaking on me to change on the climbs or I was gonna break his chain. Haha.
I'm running the same gear. Have been SSing for over a year now. Im By no means a strong rider and found the gear perfect for last years race did the 70km as well. You might spin a bit in some sections but its up hill all the way back and it's a great gear for those long drags up the district roads.
