Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
There are no 8-speed chains in that test, however. Maybe 9-speeds are crap. I know I snapped one 9-speed chain in no time. I put a Sram 830 chain on there cuz I had one on hand, been running it ever since. I now have a 9-speed to replace it with but haven't bothered.
It strikes me that the 8 speed will be just as needful of adjustment, but more tolerant of mis adjustment, personally I take no pride in a less than well tuned machine. I tweak for minutes and ride for hours and hours .
Just my .02
Bill