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Old 03-18-25 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by veganbikes
Doesn't sound like a KMC chain issue sounds like a buying from non-authorized seller issue. In the end you buy from an authorized dealer you get all the info and get to know you are buying legit products.
I've never had a problem.

Originally Posted by veganbikes
For a legit KMC chain they are usually Ti-Ni coated.
All of them? I think you mean Ti-N, Titanium nitride, not Ti-Ni, Titanium nickel.

Originally Posted by Iride01
Ithat other bad word that will get us slightly off track.
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Originally Posted by Iride01
The custom length chain is $5.00 for 118 links.
I can buy a 118-link chain for $5?

Originally Posted by Iride01
If you want 119 links then there is a additional cost of $23.80 for a total of 28.80.
They say it has to be an even number. I don't see $23.80

Originally Posted by Crankycrank
Plenty of fake KMC chains on Ebay and elsewhere. Check this thread Ordered a new chain what I got was fake
I wouldn't have suspected. I've been buying okay chains there for years.

Originally Posted by maddog34
the "gold" coloring is, most likely, Titanium Nitride plating... like with drill bits.
Good guess. The European site mentions it. It's odd the sellers don't say that. I wonder why KMC in the US discontinued them.

Originally Posted by grumpus
There's a summary of the features of the various models here.
Thanks. The European site is very different from the US site. Odd.
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