New replacement chain

[Op1]

Morning all,

 

Hope everyone is have a good start of the week,

 

I need some quick advice on a replacement chain for my 12speed MTB bike

I'm running sx chain at the moment and have got about 3000km on it... current wear is 0.5, so it's time for a replacement..

 

My options are sram gx chain or KMC x12 chain. I'm not sure which is the better chain to buy...I'm happy if the new chain last 3000km plus as well.

Need your thoughts and advice. Setup is SX deraileur and SRAM cassette 

[love2fly]

I got almost 3000km on a GX chain on my Sram GX setup and am now at 12000km on an XX1 so I wouldn't hesitate to buy another XX!1 chain.

Ive put a replacement KMC onto my road 10 Sp Ultegra and find it noisier than a Shimano OEM chain.

[117]

Both are good, but to me KMC is the better longevity choice (and better price too, I'd imagine) 

If your front chain ring is stuffed, that'll shorten the life span of a chain too

Keep the whole drive train clean and lubed and it'll last longer

 

[fanievb]

In the price bracket, GX all the way

[Ozzie NL]

1 hour ago, love2fly said:

I got almost 3000km on a GX chain on my Sram GX setup and am now at 12000km on an XX1 so I wouldn't hesitate to buy another XX!1 chain.

Ive put a replacement KMC onto my road 10 Sp Ultegra and find it noisier than a Shimano OEM chain.

XX1 is good but not that good. With me (82kg) they last ~3.5k km before hitting 0.5 stretch.

GX and XT chains for my typically last 2.5k km

[Nico van Loggerenberg]

Everything you want to know is here: https://cyclingtips.com/2019/12/the-best-bicycle-chain-durability-and-efficiency-tested/

[Eddy Gordo]

Damn, you guys are lucky. The only place I see mileage on a chain is on my road bike. 

I tend to break chains pedalling uphill in too heavy a gear!

[droo]

5 hours ago, 117 said:

If your front chain ring is stuffed, that'll shorten the life span of a chain too

Nope. Chains wear cogs, not the other way around.

[DieselnDust]

4 hours ago, Ozzie NL said:

XX1 is good but not that good. With me (82kg) they last ~3.5k km before hitting 0.5 stretch.

GX and XT chains for my typically last 2.5k km

At worst I’ve got 4400 out of a XX1 chain. At best 6500. 
no other chain has come close not even half as far 

[DieselnDust]

3 minutes ago, droo said:

Nope. Chains wear cogs, not the other way around.

Which is why I use a X01 on my 11s road bike

[100Tours]

4 hours ago, Nico van Loggerenberg said:

Everything you want to know is here: https://cyclingtips.com/2019/12/the-best-bicycle-chain-durability-and-efficiency-tested/

That is useful 👏

I have tended to use Chorus 11s chains on pretty much everything, with good results, until the Rand took a nosedive. Black Friday this year has brought a whole lot of KMC chains into my life at basement prices (25-30% of the cost of Campy options) so I guess I will see how they perform.

replaced 6 chains and 1 cassette in one go last week. my maintenance budget is blown.