Joined: Jan 2009
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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
KMC chains have been champions for me, and I recommend them.
But it's very hard to disengage one of those links without the proper tool to compress it. If I wanted to prepare for chain repairs, those pliers would be in my kit.