I ended up working fairly late on Tuesday, and again yesterday. So I decided to work a little extra today and take Friday off. The weather is supposed to be chilly and rainy anyway and I don't feel like riding in it. Not having to work makes that an option.
After work I stopped by the bike shop and they were quickly able to switch out my rear cassette. That seems to have done the trick. I last change the chain in mid December, meaning I put about 2,000 miles on the last chain. I did not replace the cassette at that time and it had been on my bike since September meaning it closer to 3,800 miles on it. Not sure how much life other people get out of their equipment, but I'm going to start tracking mine. Not sure if I should have a sense of pride in stretching chains and wrecking cassettes in 4 and 8 month increments, but I kinda do.
Pictured is the Shorewood Hills Pool which I bike past on my rides to/from work. Last year it closed in October, open much latter in the season because of how warm it was. Yesterday I noticed it had been filled and clearly is getting ready to reopen.
After work I stopped by the bike shop and they were quickly able to switch out my rear cassette. That seems to have done the trick. I last change the chain in mid December, meaning I put about 2,000 miles on the last chain. I did not replace the cassette at that time and it had been on my bike since September meaning it closer to 3,800 miles on it. Not sure how much life other people get out of their equipment, but I'm going to start tracking mine. Not sure if I should have a sense of pride in stretching chains and wrecking cassettes in 4 and 8 month increments, but I kinda do.
Pictured is the Shorewood Hills Pool which I bike past on my rides to/from work. Last year it closed in October, open much latter in the season because of how warm it was. Yesterday I noticed it had been filled and clearly is getting ready to reopen.