Heating up
It's starting to heat up really well out there now. Yesterday I managed to get out for a little while late in the afternoon. Despite my consumption of 2 big bottles of advanced hydration formula I had to dial it back after about an hour of hard tempo.
That ended this little training block. Today's all about rest and recovery. Something on the order of 30-50 TSS should do it.
That should leave some time open today to do a little necessary maintenance. My Eriksen's in need of a little TLC. I brought home quite a bit of road grime on Sunday's ride with Andy. We avoided the storm but we did get rained on enough to get a little messy.
It's also time to replace the chain. That was quick. I've only had this bike about 4-5 months. I don't ride it exclusively. Ten speed chains just don't hold up as well as their older, and fatter, brothers and sisters. My stainless steel Wipperman chain no longer runs quietly, even when it's sparkling clean and freshly lubricated. The problem, you see, is it's 0.5% longer than it used to be.
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Chain replacement tip
A guy clued me in to this on line...sounds pretty solid.
Chains will wear a cassette faster when you pair a new chain with an older cassette. You can minimize this by getting 3 or 4 chains when you get a new cassette. Degrease them all and lube them with your choice of chain lube, them store them in marked containers. Rotate through them at a rate 4x faster than you normally wear out a chain. Using this technique you, will wear out your chains (all four of them) and your cassette at the same rate and therefore not experience the finicky shifting you are likely to encounter near the end of your cassettes life (when you pair it with a shiny new chain).
Some guys claim that this extends the lives of those costly cassettes a bit. Any improvement on cassette life is a good thing!
Obviously, you will want/need a quick connect link for this since you will be rotating chains at a much higher rate. You will also want to mark the containers you store the chains in so that you have a handle on where they all are in their life cycle.
One other bonus of this methodology is you can swap chains quickly and degrease and re-lube when the mood suits. No more hasty (half-assed) re-lube and roll out.
Good advice
I happen to have a couple of 10-speed chains on hand. I think I'll have to do just this. Anything to make that job go more quickly and not delay getting out on the road is a good thing.
-- Mark
Unit's advice is very good
Yes, my flemish friend does exactly the same thing - multiple chains to preserve the casette.
PS - remember hydration starts more than a day befre big, hot work outs. Over drink water always.
I agree. So...
I have to ask. Are you guys doing this?
:)
-- Mark
bike chain lubricant
The site www.nano-oil.com offers very interesting lubricants in Nano Techonology, the products have helped automotive, industrial and armament so bicycle might discover the advantage of this anti friction lubricant aswell. Hope this information will turn out to be helpfull in answering some of the bicycling problems.
Christian
I am now
I assume that you mean rotating chains when you ask if these guys are doing this?
Now that I am running 10 speed drive train, I am stocking up on chains, and plan to do as I prescribe. It makes sense to use new chains when the cassette is new and run worn chains on when it is old. With what these silly things cost...I have to look into conservation.
training
you're gearing up for the state TT so include some recovery. I'll not contest it this year as too much Europe and not enough training.
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