Best CHEAPO train
12-13-04, 10:20 PM
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sram pc48, kmc, any good bmx ones?
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12-13-04, 10:34 PM
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I like choo-choo trains... 
for chains.. I use the cheapo KMC chins that the LBS has for $10. Durable, and Cheep! available in diffferent models in both 3/32 and 1/8. I use 3/32. I don't know what model that I have, although it works well.
for chains.. I use the cheapo KMC chins that the LBS has for $10. Durable, and Cheep! available in diffferent models in both 3/32 and 1/8. I use 3/32. I don't know what model that I have, although it works well.
12-13-04, 11:09 PM
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seems to me we just had a thread. the generally accepted best 3/32 chain is the KMC Z610HX. I scored one on ebay for under 15.
12-14-04, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by critracer
i like the 1/9, it always seems to get me where i am going for like 2 bucks.
12-14-04, 08:33 AM
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No sleep till Brooklyn!
Ooh. I think I need to listen to that right now.
(on topic: I have a KMC Z510HX that's nice and supposedly KMC's top of the line BMX chain with special high strength pins, sideplates, blah blah blah. I have a different corrosion-resistant KMC as well of unknown make. Both work fine, the cheapo one is maybe a little noisy. I measured last night and neither has stretched even a bit, including the older one which has a lot of mileage on it.)
Ooh. I think I need to listen to that right now.
(on topic: I have a KMC Z510HX that's nice and supposedly KMC's top of the line BMX chain with special high strength pins, sideplates, blah blah blah. I have a different corrosion-resistant KMC as well of unknown make. Both work fine, the cheapo one is maybe a little noisy. I measured last night and neither has stretched even a bit, including the older one which has a lot of mileage on it.)
12-14-04, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by bostontrevor
No sleep till Brooklyn!
Ooh. I think I need to listen to that right now.
Ooh. I think I need to listen to that right now.
OK, I'll stop bigging up my hometown and allow the serious discussion of chains.
12-14-04, 11:34 AM
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the gheeh to in me says
night train
another quality bevvie
night train
another quality bevvie
12-14-04, 12:41 PM
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I just started rocking the KMC Kool BMX/Track chain. I'm liking it. It feels pretty tough. It was ~ $14.
**** Brooklyn. Get your ass on a Midnight Train to Georgia and drink with us.
**** Brooklyn. Get your ass on a Midnight Train to Georgia and drink with us.
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12-14-04, 08:14 PM
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Is the 1/8 KMC stronger than the 3/32 width? I can feel the transmission..feeeeeeel
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I have had great success with Izumi basics. And at least 3 bottles of Night Boat (yeah, you heard it right).
12-15-04, 12:56 AM
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You've been great with add vice fokes, tanks. I like the look of KFC chain, but with boat oil?
Being new to `SS will moi have to lube the train with special seasoning as the one i have is for winter mtb, has compounds (so it doesn't collect dirt from offa the beaten track) - seems dry as a bone although it works..app. Just plain ol' oil from the Gerry's tractor can is it for asphalt rodeo and perhaps less often a?
Being new to `SS will moi have to lube the train with special seasoning as the one i have is for winter mtb, has compounds (so it doesn't collect dirt from offa the beaten track) - seems dry as a bone although it works..app. Just plain ol' oil from the Gerry's tractor can is it for asphalt rodeo and perhaps less often a?
12-15-04, 09:06 AM
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I run my chains dry. They're nickel plated so they don't rust, apart from that it's just a little bit of lube to quiet the one down when it's being noisy.
