Originally Posted by
MattUK
t's just a thought. I really don't know but I'd rather not just accept it as a freak occurence. If I just stick a new KMC Z9 chain on there I'm basically saying that I put the failure down to a rouge chain - but why so many links over so few miles?
I understand and sympathize with wanting to know what went wrong. The reason most companies and individuals just replace the chain instead of performing a detailed failure investigation is cost. Unless you or a close friend are a metallurgist with access to a failure analysis lab you can use after work hours, that failure analysis is going to cost big bucks -- five or six figures.
On the other hand, you can buy a super-duper great replacement chain for double digits.