Pearson Carbon Audax Pro: A comfy, modern & fast (ish) long-distance bike

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The Great Bike Chain Conspiracy?

Nope, Ludwig- if he kills a cassette with every chain then he's leaving his chain on there for way too long.

@fussballclub - seems to, need to test it properly though.

@scoble - It was pretty knackered. I can live with £30 every 2000 miles, just about.

Are you calling me a stranger to bike maintenance Dammit?

are people really replacing chains every 2,000 miles these days? I think I need to get on my maintenance :/ I change about once a year.

I have an HGV licence and you could drive a lorry through the chain is how stretched it was. So if the cassette will take a new chain chapeau, but 2000 miles only to get the chain in that state, awesome power.

My drivetrain will hopefully make it through March and then be replaced. Maybe 10.000 to 12.000 miles in 18 month, four or five chains, three cassettes. 9 speed.

So ~7,000 miles per year?

I did around that in 2013 and killed zero cassettes, and changed five chains.

My drivetrain does not need replacing.

Clearly I need to work on this epic power thing.

So ~7,000 miles per year?

I did around that in 2013 and killed zero cassettes, and changed five chains.

My drivetrain does not need replacing.

Clearly I need to work on this epic power thing.

So you change the chain around 1400 miles, that would be well before the chaintool says change? I will try that next time and report back.

No, that's on many different bikes- some of them had the chain changed much sooner, others are well over 3,000 miles - depends on the conditions they get run in.

My chainring is my chain wear tool
#doingitwrong

I reckon I can get another month of winter/spring riding out of it.

No, that's on many different bikes- some of them had the chain changed much sooner, others are well over 3,000 miles - depends on the conditions they get run in.

Well my bike gets ridden every day, the new chainrings cost me £ 18 and cassettes are £40 and chains £15. I am very bad at math to work that one out.

epic bants

Don't worry I'll start a thread for my new Pearson soon :)

Pearson Audax Fixed?

Sort of :)

That bike now has a part from the oil pump of a massive German coach as a headset spacer.

Hi,

I am building up the same frame as this and wondered whether you had any information on which headset this bike had fitted? Any help would be greatly appreciated.