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bazza

bazza

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sorry to make a homo topic like this but i am wondering whats a good well priced heavy duty chain, im sick of breaking my hg chain, this is my 2nd one and its falling apart after replacing it about 2 months ago! not good. so i would like a chain, how heavy duty it is and the price in your replys please. or any good sugestions.
 
John U

John U

MTB Precision
i had the same problem a while ago with a shimano chain. try SRAM chains. prices are similar or less i think than shimano and sizes are the same. never had a problem with breaking the SRAM chain.
 
lotec

lotec

Banned
or get a frame with a g-box and run a moto chain :p just a thought at least you wouldnt break it :roll:
 
O

oz-freerider

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ok a while ago i ent thru a real chain snaping couple of months ago (7 cahins in 4 months..) i found the sram chains to be the strongest the connex wipperman lasted me like a week and a half...
 
CHEWY

CHEWY

Eats Squid
have you been seperating the HG or taking links out and just putting it back together using the same pin? your supposed to buy a special joining pin to put them back together...
although ive taken mine apart a heap of times without using the joining pin and hav'nt had a problem
 
bazza

bazza

look at me
well it looks like im going to go pick up a sram chain then. it has snapped in two differnt places, not the same! in under 3 rides. so i think its time for a new chain. the same thing happened to my old one and i just kept on putting new links in it after i destroyed the old, it was a polka dot chain. but this one strains a lot as well, as in you can feel the stress in the chain as you crank it hard. i have also gotta fix up my gears as well, anyone want to give me a guide with pics to doing this....i have a good idea and ajusted it a few times but wouldnt mind other peoples methods/ways of approaching it.
 
wombat

wombat

Lives in a hole
The Sedis (SRAM) chains are very nice, but even stronger are the Wipperman ones, I'm pretty sure they're a bit more than $30 thoug. I'm running one of the stronger KMC 8 speed chains though and it's been great, can't remember model number though.
 
Squidly Didly

Squidly Didly

Has Been
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If you're running an HG chain, then pretty much any other brand will be stronger. Check out the Sachs and Wippermann chains. If you're still breaking them, Wippermann make a full stainless steel version. Over $100 but well worth it. I managed to wear out a Shitano Dura-ace cassette, and the chain is only half worn :shock:
and no it wasn't the ti cogs either!
 
ride_hard199

ride_hard199

Likes Dirt
bahahahhaha
that was funny as fuck today you were struggling to fix your chain ....
good thing i was there .....
i have had to fix your chain twice for you :roll:
:wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
bazza

bazza

look at me
hahaha just because im slow.......i would of got it done eventually!!! :p yer looks like a sram chain is in order.
 
bighitter

bighitter

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brodes said:
get a shimano dura ace. so far no probs nice and strong
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hardly strong, mine lasted 4 rides.
sram all the way, but maybe one of those steel chains would be sweet
 
wombat

wombat

Lives in a hole
brodes said:
get a shimano dura ace. so far no probs nice and strong
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I'd have to disagree. Nice shifting chains, but severly lacking in the strength department, all of Shimano's chains are.
 
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