Ride Magazine and Chain

[wheelnut]

In my latest copy of Ride Magazine there is a couple of pages of money saving tips and general hints.

It suggests that dealers are just trying to make more profit and it is ok to renew a chain without renewing sprockets! is this good advice?

I ask because I neglected my chain in the early days of novelty! riding rather than polishing and it does seem to be rather noisy now.

[rictus01]

Yes you can just change the chain.

However,

Always check the top sprocket, as this will show more wear than the rear.

It's good practice to change both sprockets & chain at the same time.

Cheers Mark.

[chutz]

my chain and sprockets were change very early coz of a particularly ****e winter and cheap lube.They checked the front sprocket for me, showed me the wear and replaced it.All done whilst i watched so no problem there

[Jp]

Its not like sprockets are expensive anyway, by the way that chains wear (and the time u have in between times when u have to change them) you can save the amount for some new sprockets.

Tight Arses :lol: