Singlespeed hubs worth it or not……

I used a PC1 on my Rohloff’d bike and destroyed it time over on one xc ride, much to the annoyance of my riding buddies who had to wait while I stictched various bits of back together over the ride – we ended up riding back in the dark without lights! Just a little but weary of 3/32 chains from that experience…is a KMC 610 really that much better?

SRAM PC1 isn’t 3/32″, it’s a rubbish 1/8″ chain. I like SRAM PC850 & 870’s (3/32″).

A what?
A bike chain, any bike chain that fits on the teeth which IIRC a 9speed will work on a WI. Certainly does on Surly sprockets. I tend to use 1/8 BMX chains but currently using a 9 speed as it’s lighter ;0)

Yer bog standard bike chain is designed to fall off teeth. Yer singlespeed one is designed not to. If you’re dicking around with magic ratios, then a proper chain is kind of essential.
FWIW, I just got a box of 10 KMC 3/32 singlespeed chains for £2 each on ebay.. With 2 bikes, I reckon that’s about 8 years!

These here

I knocked them down by a fiver as they sent the wrong split links.. You could pin join them fine though, or bodge the split link with another side plate if you’ve not got to fit it through a tensioner.

– no real world advantages

dishless wheel? Supposedly stronger*, seems to be a bit of momentum behind >135mm geared hubs for this reason (tho yes it could just be marketing shite, and another 3 or 4 different “standards” to fleece us)
/cynical
😉

*not that I trash many rims on my SS

Simon1975 – it was wider with speed links unique to it’s width – bmx type width. Perhaps it was another Sram chain – 1 speed on the box from my local (argh!!) Evans. Are you sure PC1 is 8speed…

Donk – as I said, real world benefits. Most people rarely break well built wheels.

Come on.
The important thing is, ss specific hubs look a lot cleaner, and well, nicer on a ss.

…and with no real benefit…like most of what niche users spend their money on…

of course, hippy. just many try to claim otherwise…