Tomorrow, July 29th (Thursday), I have some unavoidable business to attend to, so I'll be taking the day off.
I apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.
The chainring on the Campagnolo Ecal crank—I wrote before that at around 5,000 km, the anodizing was barely peeling off,
but
now when I wipe off the dirt from the teeth, you can see this much wear.
It's mainly wear from the inside of the chain plates,
and I can barely see any wear on the tooth tips where the chain rollers push,
but just so you know, I'm running a Shimano 11-speed chain on a 13-speed chainring.
The hollow crank axle on the Ecal—despite being steel-based material, it's clearly not stainless, and it's probably chromoly, but it does rust.
SRAM was pretty bad with this for a while; even the top-tier RED grade gets nasty rust buildup around the hole on the right crank side.
I haven't completely removed it, but I soaked a paper towel in chain oil and wiped it down.
I'll try a more proper rust treatment later on.
↑This is my EDGE rim, with markings of 1.68, official catalog designation of 1.65,
and actual measured rim height of 66 mm—basically a rim you don't know what to call—
and where I'd once drawn "Kilroy was here" in white ink pen, when I tried to erase it,
it left a "reverse suntan" mark.
So the frog character drawn on the left crank arm of the Ecal
might end up the same way someday.
I apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.
The chainring on the Campagnolo Ecal crank—I wrote before that at around 5,000 km, the anodizing was barely peeling off,
but
now when I wipe off the dirt from the teeth, you can see this much wear.
It's mainly wear from the inside of the chain plates,
and I can barely see any wear on the tooth tips where the chain rollers push,
but just so you know, I'm running a Shimano 11-speed chain on a 13-speed chainring.
The hollow crank axle on the Ecal—despite being steel-based material, it's clearly not stainless, and it's probably chromoly, but it does rust.
SRAM was pretty bad with this for a while; even the top-tier RED grade gets nasty rust buildup around the hole on the right crank side.
I haven't completely removed it, but I soaked a paper towel in chain oil and wiped it down.
I'll try a more proper rust treatment later on.
↑This is my EDGE rim, with markings of 1.68, official catalog designation of 1.65,
and actual measured rim height of 66 mm—basically a rim you don't know what to call—
and where I'd once drawn "Kilroy was here" in white ink pen, when I tried to erase it,
it left a "reverse suntan" mark.
So the frog character drawn on the left crank arm of the Ecal
might end up the same way someday.