Originally Posted by
rmac
Or very good exchange rates.
True dat!
You know, as we finished our ride and discussed our friend's chain problem yesterday the cost of chains became painfully obvious when we discussed the cost of John-Q-Public changing out all of the chains on their new triplet and... gasp, it was over $120.00 using just basic Shimano branded 9 speed chains and not all that much less sticking with an 8 speed sync chain configuration.
Finding 8 and 9 speed components is truly becoming a bit of a challenge and when you do it's not like they're on close-out.