Originally Posted by
CliffordK
How many speeds are you running on your bike?
I've re-used 9s pins without problems.
I occasionally broke (as in side plates opening by themselves) 9 speed Campagnolo chains which are still constructed conventionally with pins going all the way through full-thickness side plates instead of being peened over in recesses in spite of not shifting under load.
That's never happened in over 23,000 miles since I switched to 10 cogs with flush-riveted chains in 2012.