Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 44,123
Likes: 6,340
From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
Somewhere here in C&V, someone asserted that it's when you go above 8-speed when you get the bad chains. I can believe that.
I'm not very happy with the way some of the bike industry has gotten, where high-end no longer means reliable or durable.