Originally Posted by Hitchy
Skinny?......never thought of skinny as being an issue for 'roadies'.....lol....if you are talking about 'strength & reliablity'.....I haven't heard of any issues with the Shimano 10 sp chain, 9nor have I had any)...campy had heaps of issues with theirs when it first came out, but i guess shimano learned from campy's mistakes......I've put 5000 'hard' km in on the 486 (only race on it, not much training/spinning) & the DA 10 hasn't missed a beat....you can't beat the brakes...Shimano brakes used to be a bit ordinary compared to the 'spaghetti sauce' mob.....not anymore, WWWAAAYYYY better,
cheers,
hitchy
I've seen three guys from Richmond Cyclery (you know, "bike shop boys") bust three chains in recent months, and stupid me has thought: "Jeez, must them new 'dan-fangled' chains that are about half the width of my old track chain."
