I ride hard and fast (I used to be ‘too good’ to shift any lower than full speed) and a year in, my rear sprocket is ground down to a visible degree. It skips and jumps when any real torque is applied, it hardly holds the chain, it’s visibly worse than the larger gears… I know I’m stupid, I know for certain the gear is ground down, no it’s not the chain or etc…
What would the repair look like? I would love for it to be a drag and drop of whatever gear I pick up that takes maybe an hour, but then again it’s not a free front wheel, it’s seated with the shifter and the slightly more miserable to work on rear wheel.
Are sprockets/chains all interchangeable? Would I need to replace the chain and front sprocket set? Mess with the rear shifter?
I’m really not sure, any info helps.
How easy/difficult/expensive is it to replace the rear sprocket(s) if one was to wear down the smallest gear to an unrideable degree?
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by R3dSh1ft_706
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Rear cassettes (that’s what they are called) are inexpensive to replace. Get a replacement that matches the number of rings (will be the called __-speed). But if you’ve never done it before you probably don’t have the tools. Lots of YouTube on the “how”.
But if you’re really mashing down, it would almost more likely be the chain that needs replacing because your pressure will be stretching the chain. Same as above – easy to do if you have the tools.
If you don’t want your parts to wear out, get a fixie or single speed with a 1/8″ drive train. Those parts last a long time.