KMC Chains, specs, speeds and wear-resistance

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PpPete

Legendary Member
Location
Chandler's Ford
Don't think "more bucks" stands up. Otherwise agree your jaundiced view of the marketing babble.
https://www.tredz.co.uk/.SRAM-PC-1110-11-Speed-Chain_91920.htm (or bikeparts in EU for you)
https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Shimano-CN-HG40-6-7-8-Speed-116-link-Chain-with-Connecting-Link_26027.htm

When things are that cheap compared with the rest of the market, I start to worry about their authenticity....
 

Dogtrousers

Kilometre nibbler
When things are that cheap compared with the rest of the market, I start to worry about their authenticity....

And when things are more expensive compared with the rest of the market I start to worry about getting ripped off ...

Yours, Goldilocks
 

silva

Über Member
Location
Belgium
Don't think "more bucks" stands up. Otherwise agree your jaundiced view of the marketing babble.
https://www.tredz.co.uk/.SRAM-PC-1110-11-Speed-Chain_91920.htm (or bikeparts in EU for you)
https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Shimano-CN-HG40-6-7-8-Speed-116-link-Chain-with-Connecting-Link_26027.htm
For me it doesn't matter anymore, got fed up by drivetrains quick wear / short life due to all the hassle related to it - I went singlespeed, then fixed gear, then I moved to a motorcycle chain (Regina Urban, a 420 model) which -does- last the time that was "normal" in days back.
And as soon I found out it working, I bought a stock of them for decades, which was before the 2020 economical sabotage, and thus at the "old" price. At the same shop I bought, these are now priced +30%.
I also purchased, earlier, a stock of an "inbetween" chain, the Gusset so-called "Tank" model, which differs being 3/16" wide instead of the motorcycles 1/4", which also proved a longer life, but the motorcycle chain outperformed it, possibly due to the pins a tad thicker (I had toi drill out the hole in a chain tool to 4 mm) and thus bigger mating surface.

I decided to first use up the motorcycle chains because these come with some white grease instead of oil - and showed rust spots even in their original packaging, a kinda glossy butter paper.
Also, some black powderish particles appeared in the grease, alike the chain or grease was contaminated with some particles that oxidized during storage.
The 1st thing I do is wipe off as much as can the grease and dust, then motoroil on it, then ride, then wipe off another time.
The grease is so "sticky"? that a new chain hangs like a zigzag, lord knows why Regina chosed it.
It doesn't lubricate, it doesn't prevent rust, rather the opposite, it exhibits more of a grinding paste to accelerate than to decelerate wear. :tongue:
That's why I decided to use the motorcycle chains up first.
 
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