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Originally Posted by Daschicken
I much more often wish for taller gearing than shorting gearing. When you have gearing that is too tall, you are in between your optimal gearing, and it is an inconvenience. When you have shorter gearing and wish for taller gears, they will NEVER be there. You can always shift down(unless you are in 1st..), but no matter how many times I lift up on the shifter there won't be a 7th gear.
18-26K on a non o-ring chain???  Did you have an auto oiler? Yes I can play around with sprockets. Ideally I get it right the first time so I don't have to adjust the number of chain links. |
ok, my bike is stock geared, but it is a lightweight bike, but too tall! only one I ever had like this, & first is even too fast, my driveway is 1/4 mile up washboard mountain side, & its slip clutch to control speed, and when its been raining, really scary. & I been riding motorcycles since I was 16, so very experienced.
as for the mileage out of the chain, I was a lubrication geek, every 200-500 miles, on road trips usually every gas stop, or every other gas stop, depending how far I took tank down. I have used Tsubaki nickel plated enough to praise them, where most chains are lucky to get 10 to12k out of them, growing up I worked at an independent "club" bike repair shop for over a decade, & I never saw but 1 get better mileage, stock chains, in a fully enclosed chain guard, that was oil bath, so chain was 100% lubricated all the time, google Harley FLT enclosed chain guard, late 1970's to early 1980's was original equipment on FLT bikes but was a PITA to put tires on.
my current bike has belt drive, I still prefer chain, & my old bike had 6 gallon tanks & after tweaking it got 57mpg, so could push gas stops close to 300 miles, but usually filled up closer to 175-225 miles