Originally Posted by maddyfish

Buy cheap garbage if you like, I'll buy decent stuff, hasn't failed me yet, but cheap stuff has, so if I'm naive, why does cheap stuff break for me, and good stuff doesn't?

Experience has taught me that you usually get what you pay for. can I break a cheap chain with the power my legs produce, maybe not. Will it break because it is poorly made, or made of the wrong type material? Possibly so.