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I've had problems with my front mech and mech clamp for a while. The band-on clamp is carbon and has slipped a few times which has led to it rubbing on the chainrings.
I (over)tightened it and hadn't had that problem for a while, then yesterday when pulling away from some lights, chain slipped and was under so much force (boast post) that it dug the chain into the chainring, which has cracked. Never seen the likes of that before.
Anyhow, should I buy a new mech clamp or just a band-on front mech? The one I have is a SRAM Apex, which is probably the problem.
If it would be better just to buy a new mech, what would people recommend? Apart from two months when this bike was first built, I've never had a good experience with SRAM front mechs, and I know I'm not alone in that.