strongest mtb chain

[wheelz]

whats a strong mtb chain that won't break very easly? I some how have a special tallent of breaking many chains(XT). Its now becoming too expensive for me to replace my chains all the time. . .i go through at least 1 a month! and it doesnt break where i last fixed it.

Please help, or any other suggestions

thanks

[Mudsimus]

No chain should break. Get someone to install it properly and you wont have any problems anymore.

[brussel]

hmm sounds strange. either something is wrong with the bike or you are shifting under load improperly and over stressing the system. I use deore chains or the cheap sram chain and have only broken two chains in 15 years of riding mountainbikes.

[brussel]

hmm sounds strange. either something is wrong with the bike or you are shifting under load improperly and over stressing the system. I use deore chains or the cheap sram chain and have only broken two chains in 15 years of riding mountainbikes.

[Dicky DQ]

Change the way you change gears. I used to break chains and then got into the habit of soft pedaling on the upchanges and also not running too cross chain. (wrong chain line)

 

Now all is good. Problem usually happens when you do not anticipate the corect gear for the hill and then you tend to change to a ligheter gear under power trying to keep the bike moving.

 

m2c's.

[Mudsimus]

I shift under load....I cross chain and I have never broken a chain in 10 years.

[steveO:K]

 

 

Ja, all good advice.

 

generally chains will break due to one of three causes:

 

1) old chain which has been removed and replaced too many times;

2) poor chain installation;

3) poor shifting ( and please don't be offended by this suggestion as it is common, as pointed out above).

 

any shimano or sram chain should give you 1000's of kms of trouble free riding in the above is observed.

 

replace chain when it gets to 0.7 on the chain checker, as this will preserve the life of the cluster.

 

good luck!!

 

crackajack2009-04-20 00:03:45

[Guest Big H]

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[Johan Bornman]

Let someone show you how to shift. Even if you've been riding for 10 years, you can still do with a demonstraton and some coaching.

 

Cross chaining doesn't break chains.

Shifting under load does.

Old chains don't break easier than new chains. If you take the time to find out know how chains are constructed you'll see that chain wear does not make the chain weaker.

Pre-hyperglide chains are slightly "weaker" than hyperglide style chains but even those are strong enough. A hyperglide chain and its imimations is peened right around the pin whereas older non-hyperglide chains are peened only only two places on the pin, making them a bit weaker laterally. However, even these are plenty strong enough to endure even  reasonably poor shifting.

 

Chain construction techniques are now so good that no-one should suffer from broken chains and broken chains are one of the least troublesome issues in cycling.

 

Go for tuition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest Big H]

Ek het julle Piete gese hy gaat julle vreet!!!!!!!!

[Mutt]

Hy het nie gevreet - net saggies gekou

[JPW#]

I've ridden most brands and Connex make the longest lasting chains by a longggg way! 

[Kiwi]

YBN MK9-S2 Tensile Strength: above 1250kgf 

 

 

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.za/images/products/MK9-S2.jpg

 

Dimension:1/2"x11/128"
Color: CP Silver
Speed of Sprocket:9
Tensile Strength: above 1250kgf 
*DHA chromizing treatment pin enhanced durability
Compatibility: SHIMANO/Campanolo/SRAM 9 speed drive train system

116 links
313 grams
Includes Quick Link

R192.27

[Canaris]

kiwi, even your prices are climbing...............

[RodTi]

Hopefully I'll get a response or two here, or I'll pop up a new topic...

 

Had my first chain break on me on Saturday. It more than likely happened because I was in a rush after taking the chain off (also for the 1st time ) during the week - and then rushing/botching the 'put it back together' part of the operation...

 

Be that as it may - we fixed the chain, and spent the next two mornings crawling up Eselfontein's worst - and hammering down her best, without so much as a smidgen of trouble from the chain or gears...

 

So - don't fix what ain't broke or - is it necessary to replace the single link that was removed over the weekend?