MTB SA Posted October 26 Posted October 26 (edited) How many kilometers did you get on your complete drive chain (chain, front chain ring and the cassette)before you had to replace it? Please indicate if it's MTB or road. Edited October 26 by MTB SA Correction
Danielpoalses Posted October 27 Posted October 27 Ive got 16000 odd kms out of my MTB SX groupset with csixx front ring.
Sepia Posted October 27 Posted October 27 SLX chainring - more than 25 000kms KMC/Sram chain - about 15 000kms Cassette - about 8 000 (Cheapest used) 9sp MTB - I use oil on my drivetrain and clean often. Seems to be working.
Ozzie NL Posted October 27 Posted October 27 XX1 chain ~3500 - 4000km CSixx Chain ring ~5000km XX1 cassette 12500km
Ozzie NL Posted October 27 Posted October 27 XX1 chain ~3500 - 4000km CSixx Chain ring ~5000km XX1 cassette 12500km
ajnkzn Posted October 27 Posted October 27 11 hours ago, MTB SA said: How many kilometers did you get on your complete drive chain (chain, front chain ring and the cassette)before you had to replace it? Please indicate if it's MTB or road. Sorry to be pedantic. Drivetrain. CycleGuy10000 1
MORNE Posted October 27 Posted October 27 Too many variables. So many ppl will claim getting 10 000+ out of a XX1 chain but im with @Ozzie NL, i manage about the same out of mine…around 4k of hard dirty mtbing km with regular cleaning. Then they hit 0.5. Conditions matter. Type of soil/dust, lube, cleaning, vertical climbing meters, weight, type of bike, type of riding, etc etc etc. Sure, you can say you got 15k km out of an entry level drivetrain but i guarantee you it was FUBAR 10k km ago and you just kept on riding it, that or you ride it on flat relatively clean surfaces. Which is fine, it’s your bike. Its better using all the worn parts together till they all die. Putting a new chain on worn everything else or visa versa will just make it all work worse. So if you commit to it, then fine. Csixx chainrings also only really work right up 5k km of hard mtbing. They communicate this on their site too. You can obviously keep using it till it looks like a @Rouxenator one and something out of a Saw movie 😁. Will it work as good as new? No. Will it keep going. Yes. Roady drivetrains last infinitely longer…obviously. i’ve killed SLX chains in 500km. The lower two cogs on shimano cassettes even faster. If killed XT and GX cassettes in about 5000km of mtb riding. Conversely, my drivetrain on my gravel bike never got replaced…it just kept going. (GRX 810, X01 chain with NX cassette) I have a vintage road bike with shimano 600 on it…god knows how many km that saw in its life, works perfectly. im currently testing Shimano Linkglide, XX1 chain and csixx chainring. Cheap as chips (comparatively). So far so good. Great performance, bullet proof. Im not particularly precious over it either. Basic maintenance only. Mamil, ChrisF, Sepia and 4 others 5 1 1
Bike Dewing Posted October 27 Posted October 27 How long does a piece of string last.?🤷🏼♂️ some people dont clean their drive trains.. some people do.. and then some people take meticulous care of their drive train.. those will last the longest but still couldnt begin to tell you how long that might be🤷🏼♂️🤣
Rouxenator Posted October 27 Posted October 27 I think the last one I had that was replaced on Friday lasted over 10,000km and it was an entry level Deore/6100 12speed upgrade kit. Thankfully it did not let me down on Durbie Dash but two days later the chain broke the first time and then a few more days later it went a second time. That is all the confirmation I need that it's done - there is no more meat on this bone. Question : should I alternate between chains on my new drive train in order to make it last longer or is the gains of that approach marginal? MORNE 1
Alastair_S1D Posted October 27 Posted October 27 (edited) Ultegra R8000 groupset. Road bikes Multiple chains. 6000-8000km per chain using squirt and smoove as lube. Current chain 8000km on immersive wax and it's till going quite nicely. Cassettes R7000 and R8000's consistantly do 3 chains per cassette. So around 18000km per cassette. My current immersion wax cassette is still with its it's original chain as above. Chainrings R8000 rings on the squirt / smoove bike are still going at 50000kms. The immersive wax bike still new on 8000km old rings. On my MTB with XT M780. I was also doing about 3 chains per cassette. And I did 3 cassets per set of chainrings. My current MTB which runs XT M8100 2x12 is still original rings and cassette at 4000km, but it's due a new chain. Edited October 27 by Alastair_S1D
Robbie Stewart Posted October 27 Posted October 27 I can attest to what @MORNE said. I have a NX derailleur and cassette linked to a Raceface chainring with around 11000km on over mixed riding, long tar rides, long gravel rides, hard MTB rides, jumping, enduro races the works. Is it fubar? Yes. Does it still work? Yes. Although these days the bike only sees road action. I'm planning a full upgrade soon. I might even go Shimano next time round. Or maybe just back to 1x11 even.
WIPEOUT 1000 Posted October 27 Posted October 27 I've done over 12,000 km on my current chain (Connex 11SE) with virtually no stretch. The rest of my drivetrain is Campagnolo 11 speed, with more than 36,000 km. I replaced the first chain at 25,000km when I swapped the groupset to my current bike. At that stage, it was still well within the 0.5% range. It's worth noting that I am meticulous in waxing my chains, a practice that has undoubtedly contributed to their longevity.
Jaco Steyn Posted October 28 Posted October 28 Road bike, 10 Speed Ultegra 6700 (I think🤔). Front big chainring. No idea how many KMs, but was replaced May this year after being used since I got the bike in February 2011. Probably >40 000km. Front small chainring, not yet been replaced. The cassette was replaced 4 times in the ±13.5 years I have had my road bike. Each time an original Shimano cassette, but not always Ultegra. Currently Ultegra 11 - 28 cassette The chain was replaced about the same interval as the cassette. Since day one of owning my road bike, I have only used the Liqui-Moly dry chain lube, but recently switched over the Squirt chain lube. We'll see how that goes.
droo Posted October 28 Posted October 28 If you change your chain just before it hits 0.5% the rest of your drivetrain should last forever. In reality though, chainrings are made of alu so they'll wear out eventually just from grit on the chain, especially MTB - they have fewer teeth so the load per tooth is higher, and they get more dirt. I've got a 5000km old cassette on my MTB that's still going strong 3 chains later, and my gravel bike has 5000km on each of the chains with no sign of wear yet. It all depends on how well you look after your chains and how good you are about measuring them. If you pay attention to these things they'll last forever, if you don't you can write off a complete drivetrain in 2000km. cadenceblur and Wannabe 2
The Ouzo Posted October 28 Posted October 28 Road bike Chain : KMC X11 15 000km on previous one Chain rings : Shimano 105 - Currently at 32 000km , starting to show signs of wear Cassette : Shimano 11-32 - Previous one lasted 14 500km I wipe off once a week (+/- 200km) and re-apply Squirt. Nothing more fancy than that.
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