your favorite chain?
 

ok, i just skimmed thru 20 pages of comment in this forum looking for chain recommendations, and all i found was this http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ain#post774798

(if i missed a thread, mea culpa, and will someone point me at it?)

if i didn't miss the thread, bust with your favaorite chain, and why you like it.

i'm looking for something 3/32", sliver, and quiet, so if you know of something, share the love.

i can tell you that my all black $6 nashbar special performed much better on the page of the catalog than it does on my ride.

I'm running a wipperman connex (the $25 one) and love it. Put them on most of my rides.

The guys in the MTB forum swear by the SRAM PC69:

http://www.webcyclery.com/product.ph...cat=313&page=1

another vote for SRAM. I use one
for a 9spd and with the powerlink
it is ninja-silent.

jeff

Regina CX.

S/F,
CEYA!

Izumi track chains are the best I've used. Seem to last. Never given me any reason to doubt their strength when skidding.

Their more expensive chains are NJS certified.

for cheapness but sturdy. go with kmc. in 3/32 810 and 610. but you can run an 1/8 chain no problem. I've done it on my track work bike. no matter what people say a 1/8 is not stronger than a 3/32 tho. you can read al the specs on http://home.earthlink.net/~kmcchain/english/ it even list the tensile strength of each chain. no diff for each pitch.

please replace your chain regularily. i've put off way too long ONCE and broken one.
toothpaste and brush $5 1-2months
kmc chain $10 ...... .

[QUOTE=trackasaurus]for cheapness but sturdy. go with kmc.

I like the kmc 710, with the tall, burly plates. A little more expensive, and heavier, but i've never dropped one of those chains. they apparently make a 3/32 version these days, but i haven't been able to find anyone selling it.

fatbat

fwiw, here is a nice bit of straightforward info on kmc chains:

http://www.bikeguide.org/index.php?itemid=26

My beautiful 1/8 regina broke in a week.
musta been defective.

:(

kmc z610-hx. nickel plated, "stretch-proof".

this is the ONLY 3/32 chain that i've seen on multiple websites as a track-specific 3/32. business cycles has it for around 15 bucks, i think.

I've used multiple Wippermans and a SRAM, all 1/8" pitch. The Wippermans are super heavy duty and come with a master link, but are noisy. The SRAM is basic and quiet. No problems with either.

KMC,
cheap and they're plenty strong
by the way,
pitch is the distance between pins, not the width.
hence 1" (old track block chain) pitch and the failed shimano 10mm pitch
now the standard 1/2" pitch

KMC 410H. it's just like the izumi eco chain, but half the price (and not gold).

YEP it must have been. I still have my old one (retired) for 10 yrs .

S/F,
CEYA!

I've been rockin' the KMC 810 "KOOL CHAIN" for a few months now and I love it.

I'm getting a Shadow Conspiracy chain for my BMX bike.

http://www.albes.com/index.asp?PageA...OD&ProdID=1296

http://www.albes.com/ProductImages/c...rlockchain.jpg

what about absolute quietest 3/32 chain? I've got pretty good chainline, DA rear cog, Sugino chainring, and noise.

I've used SRAM chains for years and have had great luck with them. I've used both PC 58 and PC 59. I get about 3000 miles out of the PC 59 and about 4000 with the PC 58 (9 speed vs. 7 and 8 speed).

I'm trying out a PC 58 on my singlespeed now but only have about 100 miles or so.

I get about 300 miles with a PC 58 on my mountain bike. It's on chain number 20 or so and they all wear consistently the same.

i've got an izumi and i love it

izumi, you can get in different colors to match your bike/components

i use a KMC Kool chain, its huge :D

second the Wipperman Connex

Izumi
Sram is pretty good, I wanna try wipperman next tho