520 or 525

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520 or 525

Post by Marcus127nc29 » Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:39 am

what should i do i have a 525 chain on my 29 at the mo has lots of life left yet, but i have 520&sprockets from gf goes it make much differents with power and wait should i cut the the 525 off :shock:

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Re: 520 or 525

Post by lloydiecbr » Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:37 pm

if you like burning your money put the new one on .
i would wait till the one on the bike needs changed then change it . i look after my pennies

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Re: 520 or 525

Post by Wozza » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:17 pm

Considered this myself recently, but apparently there's not a lot of difference performance-wise, at least not for a road bike.

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Re: 520 or 525

Post by Mikiboy » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:51 pm

520 is lighter

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Re: 520 or 525

Post by stimpy » Thu Mar 18, 2010 7:33 am

yep lighter...less drag
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Re: 520 or 525

Post by Marcus127nc29 » Thu Mar 18, 2010 10:43 am

ok nice one cut or not to cut,try and grind the link thing off maybe :twisted:

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Re: 520 or 525

Post by CMSMJ1 » Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:43 am

You'll not notice it though..

Just wait til you need to change the gear or you are wasting money
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