I'm seeing some great deals on some 9-spd chains from FSA, and am wondering what the word on them is. I've always known FSA to be a good product, and the vendor is solid, but the deal is good enough that the old adage, "if it looks to good to be true" is springing to mind, so I figured I should make sure there aren't any issues with them. (I'd be getting a couple for a commuter/casual-exercise type bike, not a racing-sprinter, so the degree of stress on them would be minimal, but i'd want to avoid them if they're absolute junk).

I have had no issues with the ones I used. I have a couple back up 8 speed that were purchased on sale for around 8 dollars per. The quick links were cheap also. My memory tells me less than $3 each, bikewagon.com maybe. That was very early this year.

I currently have four FSA 11-speed chains in rotation. They were dirt cheap, and I have no complaints. Only in use for about 6 weeks (all of my old chains wore out at once, much to my chagrin) but so far so good.

I only buy cheap chains (SRAM PC-1110, KMC X11.93, etc) and these seem every bit as good as the others. I don't expect much difference in the way of service life, I get 3,000 +/-200 miles out of every chain, regardless of manufacturer or pricepoint.