I'm on my first alloy chainring, and I just pulled it off today.
It's been ridden fairly hard for about 6 miles a day, every day, for about 40 days. I normally wouldn't choose aluminum, but it came on my Raleigh.
It was a bit grungy, so I tore it off to clean it. The bashguard and chain came off, and I got my first look at how it's been wearing.
It's horrible! 240 miles of singlespeed and it's already got messed up pitches (that clearly line up with where my cranks are on the downstroke, pretty interesting to see actually..)
All the anodization has been worn off the most heavily used teeth.
My steel cog on the otherhand, is perfect.
Is it normal for an alloy chainring to wear out that much in only 240 miles? If so, this one's going in the garbage by the end of the year. That's horrible.
It's been ridden fairly hard for about 6 miles a day, every day, for about 40 days. I normally wouldn't choose aluminum, but it came on my Raleigh.
It was a bit grungy, so I tore it off to clean it. The bashguard and chain came off, and I got my first look at how it's been wearing.
It's horrible! 240 miles of singlespeed and it's already got messed up pitches (that clearly line up with where my cranks are on the downstroke, pretty interesting to see actually..)
All the anodization has been worn off the most heavily used teeth.
My steel cog on the otherhand, is perfect.
Is it normal for an alloy chainring to wear out that much in only 240 miles? If so, this one's going in the garbage by the end of the year. That's horrible.
