Originally Posted by
makeinu
Is the bike industry so focused on weight weeneism that bush chains are no longer available...anywhere?
I would venture to say that it's more cost savings than weight... chains with bushings contain a HUGE number of individual parts that all have to be assembled... 10 parts per link... the newer chains have a lot fewer parts to be assembled per link, therefore they're a LOT cheaper.
Originally Posted by Sheldon Brown
An old-style bicycle chain has ten parts per link. The typical 57 link chain used on the average multispeed bike has 570 parts, more than the whole rest of the bicycle put together. There are 114 outer plates, 114 inner plates, 114 rollers, 114 rivets, and 114 bushings.