Faulty 11 speed sram chain

Broke a chain today and on further inspection there’s a dozen cracks in the chain plates. It’s a new X1 chain with about 20 miles on it.Is this a known fault with sram chains? ?

Its a known issue with fake chains. Did yours come in a legitimate box?

Came in a box .Bought from Wiggle

That’d be going back to Wiggle.

never (knowingly) had even a single link go like that. Send it straight back.

Wow thats certainly a new one. Dont suppose you changed the chainring at the same time? Or maybe some other factor as thats pretty weird.

Just changed the chain everything else as before. I’ll contact wiggle and see what they have to say.
Just had to buy a replacement in the Lakes as I’m up for the weekend and boy do they kwow how to charge up here !

I had the same issue with my GX eagle chain. But it had done more miles. Woke me up nicely as I flew forward when it snapped! Fitted a 12speed KMC chain and it’s been good as gold since

Happened to me on a week old chain. Only one link though. It came in genuine looking packaging but was from an eBay seller I’d never used before. It was a uk bricks and mortar shop though.

SRAM – says it all when it comes to dodgy chains, but I thought it was just we singlespeeders who had the problem.

Do they actually make chain, or do they outsource to the cheapest supplier?

Casual conversation with staff at a BIG bike shop a few weeks back: I USE KMC CHAINS. This after breaking Shim/SRAM chains. Nuff said. Never had issues with Big S’s myself.

had xx1 chains without any issues. bought a comparable kmc chain and it snapped twice for no apparent reason. went back to xx1 chains and never had an issue since.

6 month old SRAM 11sp broke on me at the weekend. First time I’ve ever had a chain break like that. Used KMC on previous bike. I think I’ll go back to that.

SRAM – says it all when it comes to dodgy chains, but I thought it was just we singlespeeders who had the problem.

Except it doesn’t. E.g. my experience of SRAM chains is great, OTOH I’ve had loads of Shimano issues