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Rules on cassettes and chains...
Dear all.
Abit of advice needed - I've always stuck to keeping the same chain with it's cassette - swapping the chain once it wears down.
However, I've got a bike with Force 22 on that I've put less than 500 miles on the drive chain. I have decent wheels and training wheels, and to save keep swapping the Force 22 cassette between them, I was thinking I'd pick up a 105 cassette on the big 'W' and simply stick it on there to save the effort of having to swap cassettes. Is this going to destroy my chain, swapping back and forth between cassettes?
I do keep the chain clean and lubed, and an eye on wear.
Thanks!
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run two sets of wheels on my cx/gravel racer / adventure / drop bar hybrid
90% of the time i run gravel stylee but swop to lighter wheels with 25mm tyres and 11-28 cassette for 100% road routes - my only concession to worrying about chain / cassette problems is spending the price of a cheap bottle of red on a chain checker
have found it money well spent for piece of mind and not had any slipping / indexing problems
I swap chains once a year, and run it over 8 speed cassettes and 6 speed freewheels, the chain soon let's you know if any sprockets are worn out.
Cheers Simon!
No, it will be fine.
There will eventually come a point where a new chain skips on the most frequently used cogs of one cassette sooner than the other. You just replace that cassette when it happens so I'd not worry about it.