11,000 miles and also 17 years old. If it was not properly lubricated, it could have gone bad. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Blanchard" <drewblanchard at gmavt.net> > Well, that's the frustrating thing. The chain has less than 11,000 miles, > but it *is* the original chain (as far as I know - I bought the bike with > fewer than 3k miles on it).