Thread: Chain Choice
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Old 09-24-08 | 10:57 PM
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TrendSpeed
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Originally Posted by lymbzero
An aside from Wikipedia:

"A larger sprocket will give a more efficient drive (reduces the movement angle of the links). Surprisingly, higher chain tension was found to be more efficient;..."
Is that wiki correct? I always found it easier with it being a little more slack then tight. That’s also why I thought people who ride on the track have slack chains too.

I have ridden both 1/8 and 3/32 and I liked the 1/8 significantly more but then again the 1/8 setup was all high end parts and I guess that’s where I am going with this. There are tons of great 1/8 components. As for the chain in particular? The only thing I have heard is possibly less likely to throw a chain from flex but I have no idea if that’s true.

I don’t know if they have them in 3/32 but the 1/8 chains like the super toughness and I think a couple others have a pretty cool master link that allows to take off the chain without a chain tool but doesn’t jeopardize the integrity like some masterlinks

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