Originally Posted by
operator
Complete and utter bull****. Do you fixed gear riders seriously think you're stressing a chain more than a bike with gears?
why yes, we do.
my manly fixed gear is so cool and testosterone packed that I must use a 3/4" chain from backhoe or I snap them the minute I start doing my manly skids and skips.
yeah, seriously tho in twenty five years of just ridiculous mountain bike/bmx/jump/skatepark bicycle abuse I never ever snapped a chain, even ones that I had SERIOUSLY neglected.
until I used a lightweight road chain on a fixed hear bike, and did some skids.
so yes, I'd say just from personal experience I think my fixie puts much more stress on the chain, ESPECIALLY since the stress is in BOTH forward & backward directions and is why I like 1/8" GOOD BMX or track chains: the BMX chains are JUST as strong as the track legal chains and half the price.