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I've had my chain for much longer. As long as you clean the chain and lube it accordingly the chain can last for awhile. Also if you are experiencing mis-shifting it could be your chain has stretched over time. |
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good way yo check if a chain is worn, is to use a steel ruler and look at the pin thats at the 12" mark. 12 1/16 OK 12 1/8 or more time to say bye bye buy...
But if it's mis-shifting you may have run it too long and might have to swap the cassette. Once a chain is at the 12 1/8th point it will start accelerating the wear on the cassette and front sprocket. Be carefull putting too much load on the pedals when you first put on a new chain, as if it is worn the chain will skip (and you may find yourself painfully straddling the top tube) |
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does anyone see a big difference between shimano Ultegra and Dura-Ace chains?
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My chain is ok right now so I'm a little nervous to change it right before Sea Otter
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The sram power link works well on the Shimano chains.
You can run a sram chain on the all shimano drive train with no problems. I miss match all the time in order to get the litest set up and never have any shifting issues. I like XTR gog sets and I like sram chains and X9-X0 der's & shifters. You can buy a chain stretch gauge or you can measure the links with a ruler. At 12 inches your chain should be at centerpin to pin or at least real close. if it is past that it is stretched. I like the 991 sram chains a lot I use them on everything. The hollow pin is nice also if you want light. KMC is stepping it up and pitting out some lite chains. I am still a little bit skeptical though. I keep my chains clean and they last. The single pivot bike tend to blow trough chains a little faster than others. My DH bike hardly get chain stretch either because I am too weak or I just don't do enough climbing on them. On the XC bikes I check for chain stretch every 3 ride but clean and re oil them every ride. When they stretch it seems to go all at once from my experiences. Every time I have had a chain break it has caused a crash or a pedal strike to the back of the leg and a pulled muscle. I hope that helps somebody ![]() ![]() |
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A worn chain will start to damage your chainrings and cogs. Both of those items are far more expensive than a chain. Get a chain checker for three or four dollars. Campy chains require a caliper, however. Next topic: failure. I rode a chain for six thousand miles once, it decided to break on me during a road sprint. It took an entire year for the torn ligaments in my ankle to heal. Trust me, it's worth a few bucks ($30-$50) to tend to your chain.
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i think it has to do with all the climbing... as an engineering student, i can understand most of the stress would be from uphill power climbs.
i think downhill is alot of strss on the derailleur? btw, i have lx crank + lx cassette + sram chain and it has been great. i don't ride too much, but then again i am just a beginner... everything is working great for me... Quote:
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I was on a short but steep climb and my chain not being properly lubed and maintained decided to rerail it self on me as I was out of saddle power down just then it redrailed and THANK GOD i was leaning to one side when it did or else I would have had no need to get snipped because the top tube would have taken care of that for me
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I thought I liked sram's amd the power link too, that was until it fell off riding Fully yesterday. It was a quick tool-less fix since I had a spare in the saddle pack, believe it or not I was able to get out of the Path for under $5.00 (had to pick up a new spare).
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As a SSer, I'm not in touch with any shifting issues, but a good strong chain is definitely my friend.
I'm not too picky about the brand, just that I run 9 speed chain and I always carry both an extra 4 inches of chain and some quick connect links. I'm partial to the Wipperman links. Seem to be really reliable and easy to service w/o tools.
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There's a lot to be said for replacing chains often. On my DH bikes, I've had chains last a reasonably long time. However, that hasn't always been the case. Last year, when I did a trip to Whistler and Northstar, after NS, my chain was toast. It wasn't stretched, but a lot of links that were boarderline about to come apart.
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