>>1062114>Umm, like, replacing a chain and, worst case scenario, one rear cog/freewheel and one chainring, vs replacing a [more expensive] chain, cassette, up to 3 chainrings, rear or both derailleurs and their cables? Not to mention hubs, that shit as well can be cheaper on a ss/fg than on a geared bike.>Again, a lot more stuff to clean, lube, and adjust.Unless you have some cheap component group that has a thread-on cassette, worst case scenario you take the cassette off, clean the cogs, and put it back together and onto the freehub. How hard is that?
Chainrings can be quick cleaned without having to dismantle anything.
There's literally no reason to remove a chain to clean it, and you're doing it the hard way if you lube it off the bike.
Cassettes and chainrings can last a long time if you replace the chain (cheap!) before it really starts stretching. You should be checking it regularly anyway.
Chains don't wear out quickly unless you're abusing them by not keeping them clean and lubed regularly.
There's little you need to 'adjust' on a regular basis, unless you've just replaced shift cables.
High and low limit screws don't need to be adjusted after the initial setup. If they do then something got bent or damaged.
I ride 100 to 200 miles a week, 5 or 6 days a week, and do all my own maintenance. It's not a big hassle unless it's raining constantly, in which case the bike needs to be rinsed gently with a hose, dried, then the chain cleaned and lubed, and the rims and brakes dried and cleaned.
Unless I'm riding in the rain every day of the week all this takes maybe an hour or two out of my entire week.
If you're taking much more time than that then you might be doing it wrong, or you just don't have the practice to be efficient at it, and for a FG or SS bike it's not going to be much less time really unless you're cutting corners. If you're riding in the rain you still need to clean up the bike properly afterwards.
