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Submitted by
Neal
a
from Severna Park, MD, USA
Date Reviewed: April 13, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Trimuter | | Strengths: | Very quite, smooth shifting | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Bike Setup: | Trimuter Recumbent Tadpole Trike | | Bottom Line: | Chain came standard on my Trimuter Big Wheel and I have put over 10,000 miles on in 2.5 years and no signs of wear. I lube every other month and clean twice a year. Most of my riding is on paved rail to trail paths. Had same chain on a BikeE CT and had over 20,000 miles and no problems. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: February 12, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Stock on my 2001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk - Earl's Cycle (closed 2003) | | Strengths: | Strond, does what a chain is designed to do. | | Weaknesses: | None. | | Similar Products Used: | Whatever came stock on my 1994 Raleigh Matterhorn, IG-31, IG-72. | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk. | | Bottom Line: | This chain came stock on my 2001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk and I've put a little over 9,000kms on it by December 10,2006.
It got a little rusty 2 times - 1x after getting caught in a rain burst when I was only 10mins from getting home and 1x after washing my bike and being distracted from drying the chain. I used WD-40 on it and it solved the rust issue.
I'll be using this bike to start my 2007 cycling season in March, just as soon as all the snow & ice have melted away.
Bottom Line: The same Shimano quality as the IG-31 & IG-72 chains I've used in the past. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Justin Wright
a Weekend Warrior
from Murray, KY USA
Date Reviewed: October 19, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | LBL | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | Looks very nice, has good action, until it breaks. | | Weaknesses: | Once it breaks it is no good. The specific replacement pins are a pain in the ass. | | Similar Products Used: | This is the first "quality" chain I have ridden on. | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher big sur, shimano drive system | | Bottom Line: | Don't waste your money. while this product did work well for about 3 weeks, and admittedly I did ride it pretty dirty on the first time it broke, it is impractical for any on the trail repair | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
michael reid
a
from scotland
Date Reviewed: November 3, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$10.00 | | Purchased At: | bobs | | Strengths: | it is made of metal, at least, and it is only good for light riding | | Weaknesses: | it slips and pops on the feewheel and chainring, which hurts, and has an alarmig tendency to snap and twist and get loose links and bend. | | Similar Products Used: | singlespeed thick, strong chain | | Bike Setup: | ghetto, rst, promax, singlespeed | | Bottom Line: | this chain is just a normal, below average chain-until it gets stressed. i used it for light riding for 2 years then it got harder and it snapped often. so, i gave it to my brother and he snapped it within a week. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Cross Country Rider
from Norway
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Only that when it's new it works and it's not stretched.
Cheap - I think.
Good for grandma | | Weaknesses: | I read in these reviews a lot of people braking chains.
This hasn't borken on me, but it has strectched. ALOT!! | | Similar Products Used: | Installed a Wipperman Connex yesterday. I'll report on that after a while. | | Bike Setup: | XT this and that
Manitou something or other
Mavic big round thingys | | Bottom Line: | I won't tell you how much it's stretched, it's shameful. I hadn't been keeping an eye on it.
I've just finished rebuilding my bike yesterday with the Shimano XT disc brake system, front & back, and while I was getting my wheels built @ my LBS, I thought, why not, "through a new cassette on there while ya at it"
Anyway, the day after I put the order in for the new wheels, I thought I'd better check the drivetrain properly while everything was apart. The chain was as I said, shameful.
So, now I'm reaplacing my middle and granny rings to go with the new chain, so they all live peacefully.
Maybe a rubber band would have been better?????
(actually, last week I saw a belt driven bike) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Sean Barrett
a Downhiller
from England
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | eastridge | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$60000.00 | | Purchased At: | sainsburys | | Strengths: | good to use as a chain whip sort of | | Weaknesses: | well it nearly took my life when it snapped at nant mawr quarry and i hit my head off a tree decimating my troy lee helmet .it is crap!!! | | Similar Products Used: | sapagetti plastcine elastic bands (all better) | | Bike Setup: | raleigh,mag julies,deore,d321,maxxis high rollers,DMR saturn | | Bottom Line: | this is S**T and is a hazard to your life do not buy unless you like hospitals and are bored with bo**cks!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tomek Recko
a Cross Country Rider
from Poland
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | I Warsaw? | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Pro Shop | | Strengths: | You are kiding? | | Weaknesses: | Everthing! | | Similar Products Used: | Kmc, Sram pc59 | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Tasajara, clip pedals, Avid 2 breakes. | | Bottom Line: | The worstes chain i've ever had. I replaced him after 700 km! A soft and bad chain. Don't buy! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gautam Bose
a Weekend Warrior
from Charlotte, NC
Date Reviewed: May 7, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Col Francis Beatty | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS - Ultimate Bicycle | | Strengths: | It's a chain | | Weaknesses: | Very flimsy | | Similar Products Used: | God knows -- I've never noticed chains before.. | | Bike Setup: | Trek 6500 | | Bottom Line: | Seems very flimsy indeed. The first one came with my bike, and I experienced major shifting problems the first time I went out on a trail, 1 week after I got it. It seems my small ring was bent, as was my chain -- not clear which caused which.
LBS (Ultimate Bicycle -- a terrific shop if you're in Charlotte) replaced it under warranty. Seemed OK for a while. But recently I took my bike in for poor shifting, and it seems my chain was worn out. Paid $25 this time.
I don't ride as much as I'd like to -- maybe 15-20 miles a week, and don't ride hard -- no jumping or anything v stressful. I weigh 140lbs -- shouldn't strain anything.
I won't buy another of these... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Geo Paturalski
a Weekend Warrior
from Signal Mountain, TN
Date Reviewed: May 4, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Edwards Point | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Came with bike | | Strengths: | Shifted fine. | | Weaknesses: | Broke after about 5 rides of 9-10 miles. I was in a pretty low gear heading up a fairly steep incline and it just popped. What's up with that? | | Bike Setup: | GT I Drive 2.0 | | Bottom Line: | While I'm a Clydesdale, this is not acceptable performance for an - almost new - chain. Woof. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Arne
a Weekend Warrior
from Norway
Date Reviewed: January 29, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | come with bike | | Strengths: | Strong | | Weaknesses: | Not that i know of... | | Similar Products Used: | KMC9000 | | Bike Setup: | LX-mix | | Bottom Line: | I dont know if my chain i different form the others... (it looks like it). Well, I have been ridin this chain for 2 1/2 year now, summer and winter, sun and snow, 5 to 7 days a week. I ride min 100km and max 300km every week. I am quiet heavy (85kg) and have strong legs (do heavy squats 2 times a week). I gess that it means that the chain have often been under a lot of stress.
It have never broken and worked just fine! In the last months the chain have becomed streched and needs to be replaced. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan
a Weekend Warrior
from Flag AZ
Date Reviewed: December 2, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | the ones on MT. elden | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$27.00 | | Purchased At: | shop | | Strengths: | well i guess it shifted ok, untill it broke | | Weaknesses: | it broke i think on the third ride on a flat peice of trail. then it broke on just about every ride after. it also sucks that you have to use new pins every time you fix it. | | Similar Products Used: | pc 69 | | Bike Setup: | iron horse with cool stuff | | Bottom Line: | crap. buy this chain unless you ride youre bike | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jervis
a Cross Country Rider
from Illinios
Date Reviewed: October 31, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Shop | | Strengths: | Comes with replacement pins. Average in weight. | | Weaknesses: | Price for quality, quality of steel used | | Similar Products Used: | Sram PC69 | | Bike Setup: | Trek 9900 Custom Duke XC | | Bottom Line: | Don't buy one. I had it for about two months and it stretched. This was during the summer when I rode the stupid thing like once every two weeks for like 6 or 7 miles. I weigh 185 pounds, but I did all the riding in Central Illinois, which is not known for it's massive hills. It got to the point where when I was in my small cogs in the back the chain would skip becasue it was so stretched out. I got a PC69 from Nashbar and it's lasted me 3 months already and is showing no signs of wearing out. It doesn't have the tendency to corrode as easily either. Go anything but Shimano! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from Gulfport, MS
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$18.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Its a strong chain as long as you don't have to remove any pins. | | Weaknesses: | Pins are a pain in the a$$ to replace and when you do replace them...even with the special pins that snap off. The chain just isn't very reliable. I've had too many times where its come apart. | | Similar Products Used: | SRAM | | Bike Setup: | Truvativ BB and Crank, LX Der., | | Bottom Line: | shimano is a great company for derailleurs, shifters..etc. But not on the chains. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from Sisters, Oregon USA
Date Reviewed: August 19, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Peterson Ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Came on the bike | | Strengths: | Looks like a real chain when on the bike in the showroom. | | Weaknesses: | Breaks routinely under high torque. | | Similar Products Used: | Sachs | | Bike Setup: | Giant NRS, Sid SL fork, Cane Creek Cloud 9 shock, Koobi seat, Dave's wheel set w. Panaracer Dart/Fire tires, WTB pedals. | | Bottom Line: | If you want a product that serves its intended purpose reliably, get Sachs/SRAM. This chain is junk for all but small children and casual riders under 150 lbs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cook
a Cross Country Rider
from Holland
Date Reviewed: July 28, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | Came With Bike | | Strengths: | Good Spare Chain. | | Weaknesses: | Everything | | Similar Products Used: | SRAM/SACHS PC99 | | Bike Setup: | Rockhopper Comp, StumpJumper Comp | | Bottom Line: | I first got the Rockhopper. Went and did some riding and after about 2 weeks the chain went out. I replaced it with the SRAM PC99. Even under load and all kinds of conditions my PC99 never broke. I got better and then Bought a StumpJumper Comp. It came with this chain. On the freaking test ride I tested the bike under pressure.(NOT CHANGING GEARS) and the F*&^ing thing blew out and cause bleeding.
I still bought the bike but when I got home. The PC99 Chain came off the Hopper and on the Stump Jumper. I Purchased a new PC99 for the StumpJumper to finish out the year.
Replace Chains Every 2 months of intense riding. If you
race you may need to replace more. DO NOT BUY THIS CHAIN!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob Birmingham
a Cross Country Rider
from Belle Mead, New Jersey
Date Reviewed: June 30, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Wawayanda State Park & Sourland Mtn Preserve | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Came with bike from LBS | | Strengths: | This is actually a slight retraction of my previous "flame-o-gram"... I am guilty of improper equipment use. It seems I know less about bike chains than I realized. The Shimano HG73 chains require a new pin when an old one is removed. After speaking to my LBS I purchased the real pins (at about $2 a pop!!!) and this seemed to work fine. | | Weaknesses: | Having to replace pins with proprietary Shimano pins.... | | Similar Products Used: | SRAM | | Bike Setup: | Giant XTC NRS1 | | Bottom Line: | Replacing pins on this chain is a royal pain-in-the-ass!!! I added an SRAM Master Link for my frequent chain-waxing and this makes my life much easier....
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Submitted by
Makumba E-S
a Weekend Warrior
from Toowooomba, Australia
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | cheeseburger | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$23.00 | | Strengths: | Chain is a chain. It does the job. | | Weaknesses: | This thing has broken on me 3 times in less than three months. Hard to fix on the trail without new pins. | | Similar Products Used: | KMC-Z9000 | | Bike Setup: | Giant H'tail, Deore, LX, Judy TT | | Bottom Line: | My old cheap chain seemed to do a better job than this effort from shimano. My advice is to go to the next one up or a change of manufacturer.
It'll do the job, but that is practically it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a Weekend Warrior
from Boston, Ma, USA
Date Reviewed: June 8, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Wheelworks | | Strengths: | Very good at coming apart when my leg is in optimal position to be lacerated by my big chainring. (Still bleeding a little bit) | | Weaknesses: | I was about five minutes into the trail. Not doing anything too stressful in a fairly low gear and, just after I went over a rock and started climbing a semi-knotty rocky hill, it blew out on me. This was my first day riding this chain. I had just come from the shop. And you can bet your left XTR crankarm I'm going back there as soon as I can to put my benjamins toward something more useful. | | Bike Setup: | Fisher Big Sur - Midlevel, XT\LX ,Judy XC type stuff. | | Bottom Line: | If you like lacerating your calves, rock on! For those of you who prefer the pain you experience from Mountain biking to be that euphoric burning muscle out-of-breath kind of pain that comes at the end of a good ride which has been blessedly unencumbered by consistently reproducible technical difficulties, then you probably want to steer clear of this chain and all it stands for. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy
a Cross Country Rider
from Hartford County, Ct.
Date Reviewed: April 23, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | ValleyFalls double black diamonds baby | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Came on Bike | | Strengths: | None. Good shifting? | | Weaknesses: | Poor design, not field servicable, breaks | | Similar Products Used: | Sedis/Sachs | | Bike Setup: | GT iDrive 4.0 Modded for weight savings | | Bottom Line: | This is crap. 8th ride on my new bike and it started ghost-shifting. Riding,riding,riding, all the while, ghost shifting. Finall stopped and link had pulled apart and on the verge of making me bust my nutz. Had to take out links and the links on these chains are pressed in then crimped somehow. Not a good design. I'm not some Lance Armstrong. I'm just a crappy XC rider. Get a clue Shimano. Noone wants this junk.
1 fireballin' piece of buttmeat for value and 1 damnated lost soul for tryin' to kill me. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gordon Ghenter
a Cross Country Rider
from Flagstaff AZ
Date Reviewed: April 18, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Shifts well, has not broken on me, cheap, not too heavy
| | Weaknesses: | I wish it had something like the powerlink | | Similar Products Used: | numerous | | Bike Setup: | with a drivetrain | | Bottom Line: | I have been using the same HG 72 chain for a year now, and I put about 15 hours per week on it. It still isn't stretched out noticably and it performs just fine. I have taken it apart probably five or six times, each time reinstalling it using the Shimano replacement pins. I may have got lucky, and I am going to replace this chain probably next week with an XT, but I am impressed with this chain and would gladly buy it again. Oh, I weigh about 125 or 130 and do cross country. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
PissedOffGreek
a
from Samos
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | relatively light | | Weaknesses: | WEAK, and difficult to take apart | | Bike Setup: | XTR/XT | | Bottom Line: | The chain sucks. Today I lost a race because of it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob Birmingham
a Weekend Warrior
from Belle Mead, New Jersey
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Waywayanda State Park, Northwest NJ | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came with bike from LBS | | Strengths: | None (apparently) | | Weaknesses: | Pin design, lack of strength | | Bike Setup: | Giant XTC NRS1 | | Bottom Line: | Actually this is a review of the HG73, which judging from the reviews of the HG72, it definitely runs in the family.... Man, I felt like a moron when I broke my chain tool trying to break the chain (to hot wax it)... The pins are nearly impossible to get out, thanks to that funky lip on the end of the pins....After buying a more decent chain tool (and removing the link I trashed), I finally got the chain apart, waxed and reassembled. This morning on a grinding uphill the chain snapped. After repairing it, I only made it another 20 yards and it snapped in the same place. The pin is trashed and I'm already minus a link from yesterday, so at first I thought I'd buy a few extra links..... But after reading all the reviews, I think I will take one rider's advice and use the chain to stun small game. THIS IS A PIECE OF CRAP!!! Shame on you, Shimano.
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Submitted by
Otter
a Cross Country Rider
from Dallas, TX, USA
Date Reviewed: February 24, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Dinosaur Park | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | Came with the bike | | Strengths: | None that I can find. | | Weaknesses: | Broke on my first ride.... and fourth. Difficult to take apart and very difficult to get back together properly. | | Similar Products Used: | Sachs/Sram PC-59 and PC-69 | | Bike Setup: | Usual XC stuff. | | Bottom Line: | This chain is not very durable. It's tough to take apart and put back together again making for difficult cleaning. It breaks waaay too often. After the second time mine broke, I gave up and went back to Sachs.
Note to Shimano: My twig and berries are important to me. Perhaps instead of forcing things on consumers that few people want or need (like 9 speed shifters and derailleurs), you should focus on durability and reliability. It's dangerous to have chains that break as much as yours do!
Note to consumer: Buy at your own risk. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bill
a Cross Country Rider
from Phoenix, AZ
Date Reviewed: February 22, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | Any which will hurt me when I'm done | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Shifted very well. | | Weaknesses: | 3 rides: 2 breaks. | | Similar Products Used: | Other shimano, sachs. | | Bike Setup: | GT idrive 2.0 except for XT hubs/mavic 517 wheels. | | Bottom Line: | First ride: Couldn't get 50 feet away from the car. Snapped the chain, took out the rear derailleur, hanger and serveral spokes (kudos to the shop for not asking questions and fixing the whole mess gratis). To point: this was in a parking lot with minimal stress and a shop install.
Second ride: Worked like a charm. Shifted flawlessly with several ascents/descents over very rocky terrain.
Third ride: Less technical trail but longer distance. It once again worked very well all they way until about 3/4 mile from the end of the ride. It snapped again on one of the flattest sections.
I understand that an improperly installed chain can cause problems, but this work was performed at the shop. It should also be noted that I can be a bit harsh on my equipment since I am 6'4" tall and weigh in at around 225 lbs. I rate the value poorly because of the potential cost for the damages of the gear that had to be replaced. The overall rating is better because the shift quality was superb. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
darryl
a Weekend Warrior
from canada
Date Reviewed: February 12, 2002 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | good, tough chain, wears well | | Weaknesses: | using shimano pins to rejoin links | | Similar Products Used: | sachs, kmc, taya | | Bike Setup: | ti HT XTR all around, judy sl lt | | Bottom Line: | It would appear that many are having trouble with the shimano chain. The pins are very tight fit into the side plates, if you try to reassemble the chain with the original pin you are nearly guaranteed to take off a little cresent of metal from the side plate. If you use the correct replacement pin you will have a joint that is as strong as the original pin. For you newbies out there, don't shift under load. like sprinting uphill then banging off a couple of cogs while hammering your guts out, this will break most chains, even take teeth off the cogset!! Personally I use a less expensive shimano chain (shimano only)and change them often (like 3 or 4 per summer) keeps the cogs and chainrings happy and the shifting crisp like new. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ben
a Weekend Warrior
from London, England
Date Reviewed: November 2, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | it came with the bike | | Weaknesses: | it came with the bike.
What a hunk of $#!+. This chain breaks just about every time I use the bike. My left knee is still recovering from the last time the chain snapped and dumped me... | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Rockhopper A1, Mavic x223, magura clara | | Bottom Line: | If a bike come with this chain ask the shop to change it there and then. It looks a though others have similiar experiences. Sort it Shimano! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
marcel wals
a Cross Country Rider
from almere,Holland
Date Reviewed: October 27, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Gulpen | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | cycleshop | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | Broke 7 times in 1 month | | Similar Products Used: | - | | Bike Setup: | xtr (Gary Fisher) | | Bottom Line: | Please do not buy!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Graeme
a Weekend Warrior
from Newcastle, Australia
Date Reviewed: October 8, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Shifts very smooth, didnt break, fromreading other reviews - will braek when stretched - this is a good thing! | | Weaknesses: | Doesnt last forever | | Similar Products Used: | lower grade shimano , Sachs - poor shifting! | | Bike Setup: | FSR XC, LX/XT drivetrain | | Bottom Line: | These chains might break when lateral forces applied and when not looked after and also when stretched. Anyone who has run a stretched chain should know its an extremely good thing if the chain breaks early on you because it forces you to change it before the entire drivetrain gives out. High lateral forces problem is solved by changing a couple of cogs at a time max while pedaling.
Good chain - I get 700 800 kms mud and crap riding | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jerry
a Weekend Warrior
from Boise,Idaho
Date Reviewed: October 1, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | The least crowded ones......... | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Worked ok for the first 8 rides | | Weaknesses: | Really sucked on the 9th | | Bike Setup: | GT i-drive 1.0 standard setup | | Bottom Line: | On an easy uphill climb, the chain blew out and took out the XTR derailer, hanger, and a few spokes. About a $250 dollar lesson on how much this chain stinks......... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mad Mike
a Weekend Warrior
from S. Windsor
Date Reviewed: September 21, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | doesn,t last | | Bike Setup: | stock gt i-drive 3.0 | | Bottom Line: | I'm relatively new to mountain biking but would like to think a chain should last more than 2 rides. I bought a new xtr 7700 and if this heads south I'll try a sachs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brent Armstrong
a Downhiller
from Vancouver, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 4, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Neds-North Shore | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | It worked. | | Weaknesses: | I haven't experienced anything that the rest of you have. I have had this chain on my P3 for 6 months with no problems. | | Bike Setup: | P3B Disc. | | Bottom Line: | After reading all of these reviews, I through out this chain and bought a Sachs 59. I can't tell the difference but if everyone is jumping off the bridge, I guess I'd better as well. Seriously though, I didn't have any problems but why be sorry. My new chain seems to be working well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Graham Mitchell Mitchell
a Weekend Warrior
from Perth,WA,Australia
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | The Hills | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Good hard-wearing chain. | | Weaknesses: | None yet. | | Bike Setup: | Marin Mount Vision,full XT. | | Bottom Line: | I have been running the HG72 on my bike for well over 2 years-it came with the bike.It has clocked up many miles in Australia's notoriously harsh conditions-fine penetrating dust and sand for 10 months of the year and a sticky grinding paste the remainder.Recently it was put to the test at the bike shop with a measuring tool and was deemed to be brand new\good.It has never broken on me.It is regularly wiped and re-lubed(Finishline) and given a good soaking in degreaser followed with a thourough going-over with an old toothbrush every couple of months or so. Yes,if you want to get the best out a component you've got to look after it.Need I say more? | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lance
a Cross Country Rider
from North Bend, OR USa
Date Reviewed: July 27, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | mtbr classifieds | | Strengths: | Looks ok | | Weaknesses: | broke twice on me. First time 2 miles into my first race, caused me to get last place by a long time, second time, i was riding through some sand and it snapped. | | Similar Products Used: | a piece of string, chain on fred meyer bike, lasted longer and didnt snap. | | Bike Setup: | 1998 diamondback topanga comp w/99sid/ this crappy chain | | Bottom Line: | Dont buy it nomatter how cheap you are. I was cheap and bought this chain but now i regret it cuase i got to get a new one. its so cheap becuase it sucks. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Justin
a
from Salt Lake City, UT
Date Reviewed: July 26, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Shifts well, until it snaps | | Weaknesses: | Pop! | | Similar Products Used: | none, but will try another manufacturer next | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Big Sur, upgraded with XT stuff | | Bottom Line: | I haven't had any kind of accident as a result of this chain suddenly disappearing from my drivetrain, but I have lost all confidence in its strength and I have run out of replacement links.
I have had two complete snaps and 3 pin/plate separations in the past 3 months - one of each in the past week.
I hate to give a bad review, since shifting has always been smooth, but I snapped it in a parking lot last weekend and popped a plate off today on a gravel road. Not very reliable. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Milan
a Cross Country Rider
from Bakov, Czech Republic
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Austrian Alps | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | None, I am sorry. | | Weaknesses: | Extremely low life. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano, SRAM, Sachs chains - various | | Bike Setup: | XTR bike (Merida), full suspension, Rock Shox Psylo SL, Rear Suspension Rock Shox XC (can't remember), XT disc brakes, Onyx etc. | | Bottom Line: | I have to say that I don't like to write bad reviews. Unfortunately, this is the exception. I have bought brand new quite good XTR full suspension bike where was installed this Shimano chain. After 269km (167miles) it was no longer usable according to Shimano measures. (extension of the chain over the limit) I am sorry, I will never ever buy any other Shimano chain. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Nick Fenton
a Cross Country Rider
from Clinton Connecticut
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Any one with rocks | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | you can stun small game with it (use it like a whip) | | Weaknesses: | broke, i have had three of them, and don't even think about telling me in put the pin in wrong cause the link itself broke! | | Similar Products Used: | Sachs Sram, HIGH QUALITY | | Bike Setup: | K2, Specialized, Trek | | Bottom Line: | Don't buy. They break, and are hard to fix on the trail. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff Cooper
a Weekend Warrior
from Colorado Springs, CO
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Name brand recognition??? | | Weaknesses: | The links.... | | Bike Setup: | Brand NEW Yeti ARC Comp........ | | Bottom Line: | This chain broke on my 4th ride... Looks like I might win the prize for keeping it together the longest!
Being new to the sport, I thought I was just a dumbass for breaking my chain... Well thanks to MTBR, I see that I'm not the only one...
The part that really pisses me off is that I went over my bars and destroyed my new gloves and my Gear Indicators on my Shimano Mega-9 STI Lever Set!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm going to take everyones advice and buy a Sachs or Sram!
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jOHN
a Weekend Warrior
from Bristol
Date Reviewed: June 16, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | jpd_06010@yahoo.com | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Stock on Bike | | Strengths: | It didn't break on the trail.
| | Weaknesses: | It broke in the praking lot BEFORE a ride!! LOL!! | | Similar Products Used: | None. Came stock on my bike. | | Bike Setup: | 2 wheels, blah blah | | Bottom Line: | Lasted about 20 hours of use. Cleaned and Lubed after every ride. It popped a link plate while in the parking lot before a ride, I was diagnosing shift problems. It must ahve been the chain failing. the master pin broke out and the links bent madly. I was able to remove the damaged limk and install a trusty SACHS gold link, fixed it up good enough for a ride.
I am installing a SACHS PC99 with my new crankset, adn will report on that in a few months. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tapeng
a Weekend Warrior
from San Jose, California
Date Reviewed: May 31, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Saratoga Gap | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | It's metal | | Weaknesses: | Can not be used as chain | | Bike Setup: | Kona Kula | | Bottom Line: | Just got back my bike today for replacing the
broke SHIMANO middle chain ring.
HG-72 chain comes with my 2001 Kona Kula.
In less than 3 month, it broke today and leave me at the bottom of the valley. I have no complain with Kula but
very disappointed that they use such lousy chain in this
bike.
Like others said, don't waste your money on this crap.
See my comment on SHIMANO chain ring. I guess these product just broke my SHIMANO dream and I will not spend
any penny on SHIMANO. Yes including the fishing reel.
Fortunately the Avid V brake save SHIMANO's embarrass.
I have no choice but to give it one chili. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Josh Berberich
a Racer
from Anchorage, alaska
Date Reviewed: May 25, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Flattop | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$18.00 | | Purchased At: | Rei | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Very weak. Chain breaks very easily on any kind challenging hill. ITs connenient how a chain breaks when you need it most, up hill. | | Similar Products Used: | This one was bad!! | | Bike Setup: | Fuji Diamondhead... All xt and lx components | | Bottom Line: | I find it really frusturating to have such a bad product that breaks all the time.. I don't suggest this product to any one. If you want to have a good ride with minimal problems, try a different chain! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chris
a
from leamington, ont.
Date Reviewed: May 14, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | poto | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$18.00 | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | very weak!!!
only average shifting performance | | Similar Products Used: | Sachs PC59 | | Bike Setup: | Devinci F/S, Race Face, Shimano XT 9spd, Z2's. | | Bottom Line: | Replaced my OEM chain with this model - piece of crap!!!
I had never broken a chain in 5 years of riding until this chain. Four breaks in two weeks - the final break separating the chain in two places!! This is not a drivetrain/cable related problem. New XT cassette and cables, R/F rings in good condition. Like many others I have learned the hard way (stacked big time b/c of one of the breaks). Stay away from this product!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dale
a Weekend Warrior
from canada
Date Reviewed: May 13, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | ahha | | Weaknesses: | everything about it
broke it about 8-10 times
sloppy feel | | Similar Products Used: | sachs | | Bike Setup: | trek | | Bottom Line: | seriously the worse product i have ever had...
very dissipointed in shimano...
if i could give it a 0 that would more accurate of a rating | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jon
a Cross Country Rider
from Tulsa, OK
Date Reviewed: March 21, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Turkey Mtn Area | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Shifts fine. | | Weaknesses: | It breaks very easily, & that crappy little pin that you have to use on it | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano IG (broke 2 per year), Sram PC59 (havent broken one yet). | | Bike Setup: | 97 Jamis Dakar, LX Hollowtech crankset, LX Shifters, XT Front Der, LX Rear Der, SRAM CHAIN! | | Bottom Line: | Less than 10 rides and 6 links exploaded leaving me with only my 2 extras in my bag (now I carry 10). I got to walk /coast about 10 miles, yay. I repaired the chain with a few new links but broke it again the next day on a piece of flat singletrack. I replaced this piece of garbage with a Sram PC59 and even though it doesnt shift quite as crisply its ok because it hasnt stranded me yet :) It also has that powerlink thing so you can take off your chain in like 5 seconds with no tools.
Value will be a 3 because even though its cheap you need like 4 of them so it ends up costing more.
Overall is a 2 because, well, its flimsy.
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Artur Macedo
a Racer
from Almada, Portugal
Date Reviewed: March 3, 2001 | | Favorite Trail: | Mostly roads, sometimes cross-country | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Stand Jasma | | Strengths: | With more than a 1000 km it doesn't seem to lost it's properties. On the other hand most of these km were spent on road. | | Weaknesses: | With winter rains it quickly rusted. With a water-based oil it didn't seem to make any effect on lubrification. But with a normal synthetic oil it worked nicely | | Similar Products Used: | Low-price chains | | Bike Setup: | Scott FX-25 with Deore XT rear derailleur and Deore LX front derailleur. | | Bottom Line: | I don't know how much this chain costs because I bought the bike as a whole with some changes. In comparison with other chains I can't speak in favour for it because it rusted when with others that didn't happened. I never broke a chain with use because of the mostly road use I give to it.
So to me this is only an average chain. As to the breaking notices about this chain I don't think I'll ever break it. I'll probably end up chanching it because of long mileage | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick
a Weekend Warrior
from Cali
Date Reviewed: January 13, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Came with trek 6700 | | Strengths: | It works for a bit | | Weaknesses: | This chain is the worst thing ever.
Brakes like crazy. The links never hold and it rusts! | | Similar Products Used: | none so bad | | Bike Setup: | Trek 6700, greco disc brakes, sun rihno wheelset. | | Bottom Line: | Horrible chain. I thought that a good bike wouldn't have such crap on it. I am never going to buy another shimano chain again. This chain broke on me about 3 times in 3 months... I eventualy chucked it in the trees and ordered a Sachs (sram) PC-59 with power link. It's like a whole diffrent ride. Much much smoother and it doesnt brake! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kevin Griffin
a Weekend Warrior
from Tempe, Arizona, USA
Date Reviewed: January 5, 2001 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | Weak, it bent during a routine derail on a brand new bike after two weeks and 200 miles of riding. About a 2-4 degree twist | | Similar Products Used: | 24 speed rocks!!!! | | Bike Setup: | GT i-drive 5.0 | | Bottom Line: | When buying a new bike, check the chain. As a Mechanical Engineer I just assumed that they ran calcs and tested stuff first. I'm never buying new technology from Shimano again! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
chip larkby
a Cross Country Rider
from chicago
Date Reviewed: November 13, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Wallermill, VA | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | OEM equipment | | Strengths: | Apparently I got the one that didn't break. | | Weaknesses: | Everybody else that reviewed it wasn't quite so lucky. | | Similar Products Used: | None | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale F700, CrossMax, XT, XTR. | | Bottom Line: | I almost feel guilty writing this after reading all of the other reviews. This chain came stock on my '99 Cannondale. I went from a very clumsy and not so graceful newbie in VA, to 2500 miles later in the past year on this bike and with the very same chain it came with. I have been looking for a replacement, which brought me here. I can feel the chains stretch, but it has not (yet) broken, and my chainrings are in pretty good condition. I lube it all the time, but have been terrible about replacing it as I should (obviously). In light of the majority here, I can't really recommend it overall. Maybe it just works better with one style of bike than another? Who knows. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan Rish
a Racer
from Columbus, OH
Date Reviewed: October 15, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Vulture's Knob | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | That's the problem; it has no strength. | | Weaknesses: | BREAKS real easy! | | Bike Setup: | TREK 8000 (stock) | | Bottom Line: | Hi-Tech Adventure Race CN-HG72 BREAKS!!! costing my team several minutes, good thing we had a chain tool!
Riding at the Vulture's Knob today new CN-HG72 BREAKS!!! knee jams into bar!
I researched this chain--it's meant for the Shimano 105 Road group. What's going on here??? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Radar seamorebns@aol.com
a Racer
from Barberton
Date Reviewed: September 5, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything with dirt | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | Never broke, shifts and wears well. | | Weaknesses: | Could be a little less $$$ (like all bike stuff) | | Similar Products Used: | various SRAM and KMC chains | | Bike Setup: | Fisher hardtail with Deore/LX drivetrain | | Bottom Line: | I use this chain with the SRAM Powerlink connector. It has never broke. I'm on my third chain in 6 months, but considering I'm ridden at least 2000 miles in the past 6 mo., that's average. It shifts decent and I have a feeling all the complaints of breakage are due to incorrect connection with the special pin. Sure, you have to be careful with it, but hey it only takes 5 minutes and you can always just buy a $3 Powerlink connector if you want to connect it fast. Like I said in the Weaknesses, it could be a little less expensive, but compared to the other 9spd chains it's not out of line. It's just that everybody has high end 8 spd chains on closeout for $10-$15.
Radar MCM #35 | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bill Nei
a Racer
from colorado
Date Reviewed: September 2, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | the farm | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$19.00 | | Purchased At: | penn cycle | | Strengths: | none at all | | Weaknesses: | rode it two miles and it broke
tried a new one and broke. | | Similar Products Used: | sram pc-99 | | Bike Setup: | stock fisher | | Bottom Line: | this chain sucks dont spend the money. go sram or sachs | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Taf
a
from who refuses
Date Reviewed: August 22, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | does the job cheaper that rivals | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | sach | | Bike Setup: | Orange evo02 | | Bottom Line: | Used for 1500km over six months of hard trial riding around Sherwood Forest in typical UK weather (i.e mud, rain, mud, rain, mud, rain, mud, rain....get the picture).
Never broke, but after this amount of riding it had stretched by 1/16th inch. Decided to change it before I needed new cassette etc. Got a new one, changing as good as ever.
Good product, no problems | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve F
a Weekend Warrior
from Belleville Ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Weak inferior substandard poor excuse for a chain.
Lack of product warranty support | | Similar Products Used: | Sachs PC59 | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Rockhopper | | Bottom Line: | Reading these reviews I can see I'm not alone in my opinion of this lousy chain. Shimano, a company that I thought prided itself in providing quality equipment, should be ashamed of offering this substandard product. I had just 3 months of riding on my bike when this chain jammed itself into my rear derailleur snapping it at is pivot and bending the support bracket. I had to buy a new derailleur, chain and bracket as Shimano would not warranty it. Needless to say the chain I replaced it with (Sachs PC59) was not Shimano. If possable I would have given this product a negative value rating for the costs it incurs when it fails. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Austin
a Racer
from USA
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | Landahl | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Cheap
Looks | | Weaknesses: | -WEAK
-Design
-Heavy
-Cheap
| | Similar Products Used: | Older Shimano
Getting SRAM PC-99 in a day or two | | Bike Setup: | Trek 8000 | | Bottom Line: | I am one EXTREMLEY pissed off rider today! I went to the second race of a local series looking for a nice win. Right after the starting line, and Immediatley after the first hill, the chain snaps! I only weigh a mere 130lbs! Less than half a mile into the race the damn thing snapped and was bent to hell! I had never had any problems before this. I suspect that the snap was due to a CRAPPY design! I am never buying Shimano chains again! NEVER! Even my race entry fee was more than this worthless piece of garbage.
Do your self a favor and buy the much supieor SRAM/SACHS chain. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Salim
a Cross Country Rider
from Melbourne, Australia
Date Reviewed: June 22, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Well it saves you the energy spent getting off you bike 'cause it does it for you! | | Weaknesses: | Everything except the looks. But looks can be deceiving... | | Bike Setup: | Custom MTB, Deore/LX/XT, Mavic rims, Marzocchi forks | | Bottom Line: | Well this product really sucks. Sure it was ALRIGHT for the first two months, then it started playing up on me. I mean it looked as if it was about to fall apart. Thinking it should hold 'cause it's made by 'the big S', I continued riding, not knowing that the evil chain was planning a break at any moment.
So one day I'm on a ride to a mates place and BANG! It snaps, jams itself in my front deraileur, and spits me off my bike onto the road in front of two BEAUTIFUL girls and a family sedan! Well the car stopped and the girls looked, but the point is THE CHAIN SUCKS! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
frank
a Downhiller
from chicago
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | chicago | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | none | | Weaknesses: | the whole thing just plain bl*ws | | Similar Products Used: | ig90, sachspc91(greteast chain ever!!) | | Bike Setup: | custom santa cruz | | Bottom Line: | I broke this chain within the first hour of riding, which is weird because my bike is setup for a single speed :o
i wish i could give this chain negative 47 flaming turds | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gary Scott
a Weekend Warrior
from San Diego
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | most any | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | This chain lacks physical strenght. Is likely to fail or break. Lacking in the full strenght ingredients. | | Similar Products Used: | SRam | | Bike Setup: | '2000 Mongoose NX 8.3, all shimano except chain..... | | Bottom Line: | This chain blows, I only used this chain 4x's before it broke. If you plan to ride with this chain, bring an extra one (with tools), or at the least a good pair of walking shoes. Use this chain for jewelry or a key chain, not on your bike!
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Submitted by
haakon marold
a Cross Country Rider
from melbourne, australia
Date Reviewed: May 13, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | doesnt require use of chainbreaker, will break automatically.
| | Weaknesses: | bloody weak.
causes long walks home.
| | Similar Products Used: | seven speed shimano and sachs | | Bike Setup: | 2000 mongoose nx 7.3, Deore 9 speed, xt rear deraillier | | Bottom Line: | unsuitable for riding anywhere except down to the milkbar.
snapped on first ride of a brand new bike (resulting in a bashed knee and a long walk to nearest phone).
as many have said before me, upgrade to sachs pc 59 before you leave the shop - not only will it not break, it will shift smoother. whoever said shimano cassetes and sachs chains dont mix? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeremy R.
a Racer
from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: | whatever | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | easy to throw away, because you don't have to take it apart to get it off your bike, it will break automatically! | | Weaknesses: | Everything about this chain is weak. | | Similar Products Used: | tried riding with a piece of shoelace for a chain, worked about as good. | | Bottom Line: | This is absolute crapola! Mine broke on the first ride, jammed my rear derailleur, and bent my hanger. Nine speed sucks! Shimano gets zero chilies in my books. Do yourself a favor and put a sachs chain on your rig before it ever leaves the shop. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Matthew Dow
a Cross Country Rider
from Tulsa, OK
Date Reviewed: April 12, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | Nothing! | | Weaknesses: | Very Weak! | | Similar Products Used: | none | | Bike Setup: | 2000 GT Avalanche, Judy Race forks, XT components, Mavic wheels | | Bottom Line: | I am thoroughly disapointed in the Shimano chain. From day one I have had problems. Some may have been due to my shifting at the wrong times but this was ridiculous. After the first two times I busted the chain I took it to my LBS for repair. First time out it broke before I got out of the parking lot and I wasn't even shifting. I have learned my lesson and just bought a Sachs PC-59. I am racing this weekend, if this chain performs 1/2 as good as the HG-72 I will be thrilled. I'm just happy I didn't damage my bike due to this piece of junk! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob
a Weekend Warrior
from Calgary, AB Canada
Date Reviewed: April 6, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | It ~looks~ really nice. | | Weaknesses: | It is weak. | | Similar Products Used: | Older Shimano | | Bottom Line: | Well, all I have to say is:
1) If you go out for a ride, never leave without a chain tool (like I did - come on, it’s a new bike!).
2) If your derailleur goes out of adjustment (from cable stretching?), make sure you stop IMMEDIATELY to adjust it (don’t wait for the end of the mud puddle, stop and fix it in the middle).
3) Don’t trust Calgary weather predictions (take a Gortex jacket and sweat pants).
4) Buy a Sachs chain (like I’m gonna do).
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Submitted by
Paul
a Cross Country Rider
from Charleston, WV
Date Reviewed: March 20, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Strength is the problem. It has none. | | Weaknesses: | Breaks easily | | Similar Products Used: | Other Shimano chains | | Bike Setup: | Fisher Sugar 1. Easton Monkey Lite bars, race face titanium BB. XT/XTR drivetrain. | | Bottom Line: | This chain sucks the big one. I have ridden this bike twice and the chain has broken both times. Both times have been on short hard climbs. During the last incident, the chain didn't break completely. It snagged a spoke and ripped it into the rear derailler. The derailler was then pulled into the wheel. Also as the spoke was being ripped apart, it bent my ceramic Bontrager Race Lite rim. I had to cut the spoke out of the derailler. So because of this worthless chain I have the following: 1) useless chain, 2) Busted XTR rear derailler, 3) broken spoke, 4) bent wheel, and 5) paint scratches all over the chain stay. This chain sucks. How come there isn't a rating of Zero chili because it doesn't deserve even 1. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ekka
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney NSW
Date Reviewed: September 3, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Narrabeen Lakes | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
It worked for 1Km | | Weaknesses: |
It Breaks | | Similar Products Used: |
Various | | Bike Setup: |
Giant ATX 870, XT/LX, | | Bottom Line: | I have owned this bike less then 8 hours,(new)extremely pissed off about my chain, broke afer the 1st km, repaired and brother in law went out and broke it 100 Mtres up the road. Luv my bike but not my chain. Any one have some ideas on the set up | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Cross-Country Rider
from Calgary
Date Reviewed: June 10, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Fish Creek | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Weaknesses: |
Weak links | | Similar Products Used: |
Sachs | | Bike Setup: |
99 Specialized FSR XC PRO | | Bottom Line: | This thing broke three times within the first two rides. It really sucks when you buy a brand new bike and have to spend your ride breaking and fixing the chain. Upgraded to a sachs and have had no problems since. | | Overall Rating: |
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