I have a 36-42 for my low combo on my 29er street bike and the BBSHD can get my fat ass up hills just fine. I think one thing that helps is that since its my street bike that conditions are usually good enough I can get some speed up to keep me and the motor happy rpm wise. On the trails where there may be 'features' on the uphill climbs its a different story and my 42-42 combo on the fat bike with still me being fat just barely gets me up some of the blue trails and it was borderline on plowing through snow. IF I want to get any more aggressive I will have to look into something in that 50 range which will be a new derailleur too since my current one can barely handle the 42.
Lube wise I am still happy. Yesterday I had to pull the rear wheel to remove my fenders so that meant handling the chain and it was no big deal at all, I think I just wiped my hands with a dry paper towel. Not quite clean enough to eat but plenty clean to keep working on the trail bike. If I can get a year which will hopefully be at least 1000 miles out of a $20-40 chain using this stuff I will be thrilled. I do wonder how much or if any of the Squirt is getting into the pins. I'm thinking some has to be getting in there or else it would squeak? So far my plan is to re lube roughly weekly which should be 100-200 miles unless it gets wet then will likely do an extra lube.
Lube wise I am still happy. Yesterday I had to pull the rear wheel to remove my fenders so that meant handling the chain and it was no big deal at all, I think I just wiped my hands with a dry paper towel. Not quite clean enough to eat but plenty clean to keep working on the trail bike. If I can get a year which will hopefully be at least 1000 miles out of a $20-40 chain using this stuff I will be thrilled. I do wonder how much or if any of the Squirt is getting into the pins. I'm thinking some has to be getting in there or else it would squeak? So far my plan is to re lube roughly weekly which should be 100-200 miles unless it gets wet then will likely do an extra lube.
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