Even with full mudguards and a big mudflap you still get gunk thrown up on the bottom bracket area |
Side view of the inside face of the chaincase shows how far the salt spray and road gunk gets flicked up |
A lot of the white marks are dried salt churned up by the rear wheel |
I think this was salt that dripped off the inside of the pannier, note how dirty the rear wheel is. |
The chainring is original and probably hasn't been ever cleaned since 1978 when it was made. The Shimano Nexus chain on there came with a silver finish... |
The chain rollers are super clean, as well as the outside links, barely a speck of grit or grime |
It's not a surprise that the chain is spotless, you can clearly see a lack of black gunk that you typically accumulate on a bike without any chaincase. Even just looking at the chaincase you can see how much dirty grime was stopped from being sprayed into the drivetrain. I haven't had any real issues with the chaincase at all, I haven't had any flats yet out in the field and I don't find it all that hard to remove the rear wheel anyway. This just goes to show how effective a chaincase is in reducing drivetrain wear and maintenance.
Very interesting. I don't own a bike like this, but it certainly shows how well a chaincase works for less than ideal conditions.
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