new cassette...new chain?!

ddraver
ddraver Posts: 26,698
edited August 2007 in Workshop
hey guys

I'm upgrading my cassette , do i need a new chain, it has nt done many miles at all tbh?!
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  • Lucky Luke
    Lucky Luke Posts: 402
    Very difficult to answer . Need more info .
    Luke
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,698
    what will give it away....excessive skipping i suppose,
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • onbike 1939
    onbike 1939 Posts: 708
    ddraver wrote:
    hey guys

    I'm upgrading my cassette , do i need a new chain, it has nt done many miles at all tbh?!

    Check the wear on your chain by using the park tool or by measuring the distance between a certain number of links. It may be that you don't need a new one.
  • McBain_v1
    McBain_v1 Posts: 5,237
    Or just say "Sod it! I don't want that ratty old chain grinding over my lovely new shiny cassette" and get a new one :wink:
    What do I ride? Now that's an Enigma!
  • Phil Russell
    Phil Russell Posts: 1,736
    Two options:
    1. Try it and see. Unless you are so worried you would get a new one anyway.
    2. Check for chain wear ... measure or, quick and easy, pull chain away from chainwheel at the 3 o'clock position. A chain that lifts up the teeth several mm is worn. A couple of mm is generally OK. If still worried, get a new chain.

    If chain is quite new (<500 / 1000 miles?? maybe depending on the chain) you could well be OK.
    Cheers, Phil
  • passout
    passout Posts: 4,425
    Yep try....you'll soon know. Don't do it on a long ride, obviously.
    'Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible' Marcel Proust.
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    You are upgrading your cassette ??

    I'd try it and see - you may get away with it or you may need a new one. Nobody knows til you try.

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