BADUMP TTT!
Originally Posted by
yusuke343
the line up for "strong chains" is as followed...
Izumi V Super Toughness- NJS certified... need i say more?
Izumi ESH - V Super T, without the NJS stamp
Wippermann Super Duty - just ridiculous, Invented by the paranoid, inspired by German tank chains.
Actually, you do. Having the NJS stamp has absolutely no bearing on the strength / toughness of a chain. NJS is a quality-of-production standard. Similar to ISO9000 in this regard, ISO9000 says nothing about how good a business process actually is, rather it simply assures that the process is to the same quality standard of other processes. So, having the NJS stamp does not follow
by necessity that it is any stronger or tougher of a chain.
Originally Posted by
pissypaw
My local bike shop is was started by some famous cyclist dude, who's son, an ex track bike "star" (who now runs it) stocks both the KMCs and the Izumi Super Toughness. When I needed a new chain I went in and asked his opinion. He told me the people in the Olympics were using Izumi's, but didn't think I'd need one. He assured me the KCM 710 I got was a proper "track chain". I've been using it heavily for months and I can't complain about it.
But then again, this might be a bit loopy. He installed my 2nd sprocket without a lock ring saying he's never needed one on one of his track bikes: "And I used to race bikes 50 mph!"
I use the KMC-710SL and it's fine. Beefy, strong, I've never had an issue. The latter part of your post was probably said to you in a comical fashion - I believe you are actually fined if you skid on a track, unless some sort of ridiculous crash happens (read: Austrailia) and even then pedaling backwards by necessity is questionable. I think he said this half serious half joking since so many people are concerned with fashion and skids (to each their own) over simply riding (the perspective he comes from).