Over the bars with Shram chains

[boydj]

I've snapped two chains in the last three years - one went at the joining link, another went when a sideplate split. I'm only ten stone or slightly over and change my chains regularly. Both breaks happened when pushing off on a bit of an incline - so a bit of extra effort going in. The second break was almost certainly due to corrosion caused by salty roads, which I'd not noticed during the weekly service.

I'd certainly agree with changing brand, but also working on technique when changing gear under load to minimise extra stress on the chain.

 

[Fast_Mark]

Another SRAM (or indeed Sachs back in the day) chain user here, and I've never had one go on me in many a year of cycling. I used to run Shimanos but after several instances of lodging my knee into my stem as a result of them going I switched over and have never looked back (power links rule btw).

Bad luck for you, op.