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Rohloff Internal Hub Gears / Re: Rohloff drivetrain wear: when to replace chain, sprocket, chainring?
« Last post by Andre Jute on May 06, 2026, 01:57:47 AM »So when should chains on Rohloff geared bikes be replaced? So that sprockets are useable with a new chain without being flipped.
Andre says he changes his at 0.5%.
Others say 1%.
The 0.5% is only a convenience, so that I change the chain at the same time as I change oil. It fits with the concept of my near-zero maintenance bike.
A better scheme if you want to get maximum miles for your money, for when you ride from home, not on tours halfway around the world, would be to have all the chains you expect to be consumed on one side of the sprocket/chainring to hand, and to fit them in order at some routine event (a distance, cleaning the chain, whatever), so that they can all wear in evenly with the gears. It has the advantage that you don't need to know with high precision how much wear per chain is optimal, you just spread it across all the chains and the metal will tell you when the limit is reached. Martin has written about this method, though not in these terms, and I think JohnR has mentioned it too.

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