Recommend one of these KMC chains?
07-25-08 | 11:24 AM
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Bikes: IRO "Rob Roy"
Recommend one of these KMC chains?
Opinions...this is for my Rob Roy fixed, thanks:
KMC D101-112L: cut offs in the outer and inner plates to reduce weight
KMC K710SL-100L:cut offs in the plates inside and outside and hollow pins all the way
KMC Z510HX: Stretch Proof
KMC D101-112L: cut offs in the outer and inner plates to reduce weight
KMC K710SL-100L:cut offs in the plates inside and outside and hollow pins all the way
KMC Z510HX: Stretch Proof
07-25-08 | 11:37 AM
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From: Santa Barbara
Bikes: SE Quadrangle, '82 Venus NJS, '03 Bianchi Pista, '86 P'sonic Mt Cat, Fat City Yo Eddy '91 + '93, B'cuda A2E, '86 Trek Elance 400, '88 Centurion D.Scott Expert, '88 Fisher Mt Tam (and no longer with me: SE OM Flyer, Umezawa/B-stone/Samson NJS)
I have only used the K710SL, but I liked it very much.
07-25-08 | 02:04 PM
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The other 2 our decent the 510 dropbuster is hard to work on easy to damage hardened and being stretch proof doesent always help. I had horrible luck with these ruined pin on expensive chainbreaker. In bmx we call them chainbusters
07-25-08 | 07:27 PM
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I've been using KMC Z510HX (1/8") chains for years, as well as the Z610HX (the 3/32" equivalent of the Z510HX). I've never had a problem with them, and they seem to last longer than any other chain I've tried. Theres no such thing as "stretchproof". You can get them for $11 or so if you look around on the web. I usually order them in bulk. The other chains are probably fine too, but anything more expensive is just uneccessary.
07-31-08 | 12:31 PM
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I used the KMC Z510 forerver. I think I have about 10 of them on various bikes. They're cheap and work well. Very economical.
However I recently bought a KMC Kool Chain and noticed it is much more resilient to stretching. It's smooth. 1/8". I haven't needed to adjust my dropouts since I bought it 4 months ago.
Last edited by lymbzero; 07-31-08 at 12:34 PM.
07-31-08 | 05:51 PM
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From: Greetings from Michigan The Great Lake State
Bikes: Lyon Follis, raleigh sportif, giant unknown, centurian lemans r.i.p.
that chain has an interesting profile, is that supposed to make it track better around the ring/cog?
