Tag: Trek
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Chain Wear Updates
I’ve been continuing my no-solvent, lube-only maintenance schedule on all of my chains. In the last chain wear post the Dura-Ace 7901 chain on the old Trek was showing 1/10 wear. It’s now just about three months and 1000km later and the chain is still showing 1/10 wear. I was expecting some measurable wear after a few…
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Chain Wear
I installed a new 10-speed Shimano Dura-Ace (CN-7901) chain on the 1994 Trek 2120 in February 2012, and in the following year I rode it 2,743km (1,705 miles). Durring that year I only used Rock ‘n Roll Red lube, every other ride, or so. I also adopted the no-solvent, lube-only style of chain maintenance, so…
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Trek 2120: Now More Shiny
If you look closely, or perhaps quickly glace at the Trek with it’s new(ish) Ultegra 6600 components, you’ll likely notice that the 6600 crankset isn’t the nicest looking one out there, but also the general increase in shiny parts. Yep, the brakes, derailleurs, hubs, crank, stem and headset are all shined to a (relatively) high…