Originally Posted by stapfam
I'll stick to my XT grade of chain.
Yup, the Ultegra/XT HG93s are also a good choice as are some of SRAMs chains which I'll also keep an eye on for sale pricing. Although, the SRAM tend to get relegated to timing chain or off-road drive chain use with our SRAM X.0 stuff as they're a bit more wide than the Shimano chains. Normally that wouldn't be an issue on a 9 speed road bike, but given that I "cheat" and use Campy 9 speed shifters/rear derailleur with a Shimano 9 speed cassette the slighly more narrow chains seem to make less noise than all of the other 9 speed chains that I've used over the years.