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[Closed] yay or nay... KMC chain

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currently the cheapest offering from CRC. any cop compared to the more expensive chains in the sale?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=26829

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Posted : 09/03/2010 4:01 pm
 yoda
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I run Kmc chains on all my bikes.Mainly the gold coloured ones.Never had any breakages or issues whatsoever.


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 4:03 pm
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KMC make quality chains, nowt wrong with the X9


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 4:17 pm
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run one on my mtb - fine. not been on long, so dont know longevity, but it shifts as well as SRAM ones.

dont like one of their singlespeed chains - nowt but trouble in cold weather!!


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 4:19 pm
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KMC make chains for shimano,

KMC chains come with a power link

KMC chains cost less than their shimano equivalent

Its a winner.


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 4:21 pm
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Its a yay from me, currently running a KMC on one of my road bikes, seems to wear better than the Sachs sedis it replaced.


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 4:21 pm
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The 9.93 is, in my opinion, the best value chain one can buy (even at RRP). KMC's quality is in no doubt - they manufacture the vast majority of the world's chains, including all sub-XT-level Shimano chains - and their 'high-end' offerings are easily as good as the XT/XTR in terms of durability. I also prefer the shifting from the KMC x-plate design than the Shimano bulge.

I run XTR because I get them on the cheap, but when I've needed a chain at short notice it's always the 9.93 I go for. For what my opinion is worth, I'd never hesitate to recommend the KMC.


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 4:22 pm
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fanks folks!


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 4:23 pm
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KMC, brilliant, snapped a few Dura ace but never a KMC.


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 4:30 pm
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KMC are great - I run them on both road and MTB bikes - including all through winter so far - and they're excellent. Have used wet lube and squirt wax lube and they perform really well - highly recommended and better than SRAM and Shimano.


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 10:11 pm
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Yay


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 10:15 pm
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Just ordered 3 silver kmc x9s from merlin for £42. Absolute bargain.

I did snap a gold version on sunday (had alreadt done a good 600 miles) but that was down to me timing an awful gear change, when it went it took out a middleburn chainring tooth with it 🙁


 
Posted : 09/03/2010 10:23 pm