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I'm aware of the article. Funny enough, they have a photo of the inaccurate tool I was using.
And it seems to be widely circulated that you should change a <10 speed chain when it reaches 0.75mm, but the Zero Friction guy says that replacing it before 0.5mm is probably going to save your other components.
I run pretty cheap stuff on my bike, so replacing a $25 chain too often doesn't really same me much when the cassette is like $35 ๐
Yeah I saw that too. I don't have much experience but I don't see why the # speeds matter -- the sprockets have the same shape so I would think a worn chain would cause exactly the same wear regardless of how many speeds?