Chain/Cassette Question

[MORNE]

14 minutes ago, love2fly said:

That's what I thought but replaced chain and thats what its doing immediately. Doing it on both my cassettes,one well used and my newish spare. 

I'll try the replacement chain and will report back here.

Shimano say they are different:

 

I suspect the only material difference back then was the ‘siltec’ coating on mtb chains which helps with wet-n-wild riding, and the open side plates…hence the slight weight difference. The rest wont be any different.

also- some anecdotal evidence …another piece of info to ease your mind re 10spd…the DH Shimano Saint groupset is 10speed and has a setting to flip between road gearing for close ratio road casettes, as well as wide ratio mtb casettes depending on what you want. Almost everyone runs a 11-25/28 road casette with them…and im pretty sure they dont care what version of a 10 speed chains they pair with it. 

 

Edited May 21 by MORNE

[DieselnDust]

2 hours ago, love2fly said:

That's what I thought but replaced chain and thats what its doing immediately. Doing it on both my cassettes,one well used and my newish spare. 

I'll try the replacement chain and will report back here.

Shimano say they are different:

 

Marketing as demonstrated by Morne. In terms of width, roller size, link pin size they are the same except for coating.