Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Will this chain fail?

http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp313/dkasper0/100_5501.jpg

Will find out tomorrow.:D:D:D:D

BTW it's a KMC X9SL.

fred

It will sooooo explode on you mid skid into a busy intersection with a bus coming in one direction and a semi coming in the other. The result in using that chain is certain death.

Can anyone explain to me why, lol. I don't get it.

If you need an explanation, you will never get it.

those shift assist plates will be helpful.

If you are riding a SS/FG, why in God's sweet name are you riding a chain that is built for quick, easy shifting?

nice pubes.

It's amazing you're even alive at all.

So how well did a chain built for a 9 speed work?

So how well did a chain built for a 9 speed work?

show some respect for the dead...

R.I.P Dannihilator (http://www.bikeforums.net/member.php?4131-Dannihilator)
Oct 2002 - July 2010




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBFr43vQiSM

the chain will be fine and looks great.

I'm alive. Chain held up just fine.

The replies here are making me laugh. Thanks.

That's a hair from my head.

He must be posting from the grave! Haunting SS/FG forever!

Gone too soon~~.......

Kind of funny, the chain this is about isn't for 9 speed, it's a bmx chain and I only had to remove one peice and not a whole link. And the chain I put on the mtb a KMC K710sl failed.

go to kmc's website and find that chain under bmx, i dare you.

good luck homie.

KMC X9 series chains are 11/128" 9-speed chains.

That hair is just wrong.

Kind of funny, the chain this is about isn't for 9 speed, it's a bmx chain and I only had to remove one peice and not a whole link. And the chain I put on the mtb a KMC K710sl failed.

http://www.jensonusa.com/store/product/CH307B00-Kmc+X9+Sl+9+Speed+Chain.aspx?sc=FRGL


The KMC X9 SL 9 Speed chains is a strong, lightweight chain that is built to allow for smooth and fast shifting.

* Color: Gold
* Speeds: 9-Speed
* Weight: 265 g
* Width: 6.6 mm
* Links: 116 links
* Comes with connector link

Have pic of box that proves otherwise in this case.

http://www.amazon.com/KMC-Superlite-Chain-Single-Silver/dp/B000C125YG

Just curious, what kind of bike is this chain on?

I'm alive. Chain held up just fine.

The replies here are making me laugh. Thanks.

That's a hair from my head.


which head!?

god help me and my x10!

The one that I see out of.

http://i423.photobucket.com/albums/pp313/dkasper0/100_5536.jpg

This is on a Bianchi Pista.

Will hold up, previous chain was the same chain.

So then why did you ask?

So then why did you ask?

Wanted a laugh. ;)

:lol: You bastard!

I do find it weird that the box says BMX though. I wasn't saying it would fail...just pointing out what that particular chain is "intended use" is according to KMC's site.

I find the mix of fonts on the box weird.

I find the mix of fonts on the box weird.

Yeah KMC needs change their packaging.

If it got hard plates and hard pins (and proper rivetting), any chain's a good game. Geared chains got some lateral flex, but it don't matter with proper tension and good chainline. I wonder why suddenly you all are so excessively negative. (But X9SL seem to have kinda wildly mixed reviews ... so not really a homerunner, tho.)

But that being said, X9SL is kinda too expensive, isn't it?

It was pricey.

Udate chain is fine on the pista, but snapped another chain on the mtb. This time a sram chain that I had just put on, resulting in me jamming my right knee into the back of the stem.

You sound like you snap your chain periodically. ... Sounds like I ought to stick with a track or BMX chain. Kinda silly to pay more for more worries when I can pay less and worry less. Sorry Danni.

Chains used on MTBs experience a much higher tension force than road or track, due to the use of much smaller inner chainrings. The only chain failure that I've ever experienced was when climbing a steep trail on my MTB in the small chainring. Still, I only use 1/8 chains on all my FG bikes, rather than 3/32 chains meant for geared bikes, since 1/8 chains are pretty much idiot-proof and I don't have to worry about sprocket thickness.

Knocks on wood, I have had great luck with 3/32 chains on my fixed gear.

The mtb is geared at the moment as a 1x8. Picked up a sram from where I work on the way home from my first ride because my shimano had a twisted link and the sram was the only 8 speed chain left in stock.

It will fail harder than nicholas cage's new movie

It will fail harder than nicholas cage's new movie

Little late to the party

I find the mix of fonts on the box weird.
"BMX" explains it all.