Help on chainrings

turbote
turbote Posts: 24
edited July 2014 in Workshop
Hi all, need some more help thanks to my complete lack of bike maintenance skills...

As you can hopefully see in the pictures, after the last ride and relubing afterwards, i noticed that the teeth on the chainrings have started to be scratched. How? It's a relatively new bike, ~500 miles.

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Thanks for any help,
Turbote.

Comments

  • chrisgal
    chrisgal Posts: 130
    Looks normal enough to me.
  • frisbee
    frisbee Posts: 691
    It's just a coating, it'll get worn off. Cosmetically it'll be hidden when the lube goes black.
  • SCR Pedro
    SCR Pedro Posts: 912
    That's normal. Check mine out after a couple of years:
    14626793254_0af622acef_c.jpg

    You can clearly see that I'm way too tough for the little ring :mrgreen:
    Giant TCR Advanced II - Reviewed on my homepage
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  • turbote
    turbote Posts: 24
    Ah, didn't realise!
    Thanks guys!
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    turbote wrote:
    i noticed that the teeth on the chainrings have started to be scratched. How? It's a relatively new bike, ~500 miles.

    chain = metal
    chainrings = metal

    Metal on metal = wear. Embrace it.

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