Originally Posted by
70sSanO
I only use KMC chains and the only thing confusing is the KMC website. Good luck finding any naming consistency.
Some chains are called:
Silver (which I guess is nickel plate)
Nickel Plate (which I guess is silver)/Grey
Nickel Plate/Black (which is better or worse than grey)
Grey/Grey (which I guess has no plating but not the same as black)
EcoProTeQ that is grey (which has double rust protection as opposed to the grey without any rust protection)
Unfortunately I couldn’t find NPNP, or NPGY designation on the site.
I’ll still use their chains, but at least a .73, .93, .99 gave a conclusion that higher was better.
John
Yup, that about sums it up. For someone like me who probably overthinks what is the 'right' thing to get, shopping is a painful experience.
I'm also looking at 9-speed cassettes to replace the one on my Surly Disc Trucker. Same kind of confusion ... I see an HG400 11-32 and a CS HG400 Mountain bike version on Amazon - about a $25 difference but, from the Shimano site, they don't seem to call out different versions of the HG400 cassette. So, can't tell if there's really any difference from my Google searches.