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@nickyspaghetti
Holy crap!
I just did a strip and clean of everything on my bike and found that my chain is way longer than it should be.
20 links measure 260mm.
Is that enough to have worn my sprocket and chainring significantly?
I have ridden about 900 miles on it since April and was hoping to replace the chain, chainring, bottom bracket, cranks and sprocket as soon as winter is over, in about March. Thing is I will probably cover about 700 more miles in snow up until March. I really didn't expect the chain to be in such bad shape after 900 (dirty)city miles.
What is the best solution - just replace the chain now and hope that the wear on the sprocket is not too much for the new chain or do you think the chain will last through the winter and I can bin the lot in March?
I don't want to replace everything now as it would only get trashed by the winter and if I had to replace the chainring I have to do everything as the chainring and cranks are in one piece.