11 speed road cassette gear wear :: 11, 12 & 13 wear fastest?

I suppose there’s a lot of variability here based on how you measure and what tool you use as well - so if 0.5 works for you then stick with it, just like training in measurement and maintenance consistency is key.

Oh man, I love data.
So here’s a distribution of your time spent at each gear ratio (in inches)
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To my eye, that’s an interesting TT. Lots of time in heavier gears, as would be expected. But nothing wild. So let’s break it down and look at it by cassette cog.
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Again, pretty good distribution. Definitely heavy towards the 13-15, but you would expect that in a TT. Was any of that useful information? Porbably not. Was is cool? I think so.

I suspect a lot of that wear comes from trainer time. One of the benefits of the trainer for training is that you don’t coast. The extra load on your legs is also extra load on your bike and components. Be dilligent with your maintenance, and mind your gears. That flywheel should help too.

That’s scary. I should have a few kickin’ around my shop, I’ll check and see. Happy to send one your way if I have some.