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Submitted by
Don Gillies
a Weekend Warrior
from San Diego, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: 2/28/2008 9:32:21 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $23 |
| Purchased At: | Nashbar ; Champaign-Cycle, Urbana Illinois |
| Strengths: | - beautiful (100% nickel plated) - durable - descended from Sedisport - this model and PC-58 made Sedis/SRAM #1 in chains. - no need to use a powerlink - realistic pricing |
| Weaknesses: | - surprisingly flexible (may slow down shifting) - rusted a little after 9 months in dry conditions. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Sedisport (black) HKK Blue Skye (vintage ORO) Regina ORO Shimano IG (rust-magnet) |
| Bike Setup: | Carlton Pro, Japan/French Parts, Ultralight (20.0 lbs) steel road bike. |
| Bottom Line: | I put this on a fresh buildup of a vintage roadbike, then a few club rides later, rode it up the grinding 6-7%+ grade of Torrey Pines Road (1.5 - 2 miles) in a 54-inch gear (I weigh 200.) The chain performed flawlessly on that ride, and all the others, too. I have been assembling chains for 30 years so I just pinned it together, centering the pin, then flexed the chain around the newly-pinned link side-side until the link pivoted smoothly. Riding a 7-speed, I have no need for a power link. I have been considering another chain but after reading 20 reviews of others, including KMC, I think I made the best decision. |
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Submitted by
Steven
a Cross Country Rider
from Dallas
Date Reviewed: 2/24/2008 7:42:05 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Dorba Trails OCNP |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $30 |
| Purchased At: | ebay |
| Strengths: | Great chain and the speed link works great. |
| Weaknesses: | Haven't found any yet. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Stock chain on my trek 4300. Broke within 75 miles of trail riding. |
| Bike Setup: | Some go fast goodies. |
| Bottom Line: | Over all this is a great chain. The speed link works well and makes changing it and installing a breeze. I still carry my chain tool but have yet to need it since I bought this chain over 400miles ago!!! |
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Submitted by
Tyler
a Weekend Warrior
from Houston
Date Reviewed: 11/28/2007 10:55:44 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $25 |
| Purchased At: | Perfomance.com |
| Strengths: | Powerlink makes it a breeze to put on and take off and it shinny |
| Weaknesses: | It is a hair narrower than shimano's 8 speed chain |
| Similar Products Tried: | shimano |
| Bike Setup: | Rockhopper |
| Bottom Line: | IT is a great chain. it being a little narrow than shimano chain was an issue for me because at the time I had some unknown damage to my middle chain ring that would cause the Sram chain to skip under any amount of load while the shimano chain worked just fine. I got the chain to replace the shimano chain I had snapped a few weeks before hand and I had to go back to the shimano one. Now my bike has the Sram chain on it because I replace my crankest to a new one which solved all my problems. For most people the narrow chain will not be a real issue unless one of your cogs or chain ring is very slightly bent it will be a noticeable issue |
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Submitted by
Jake Finnan
a Downhiller
from New Brunswick Canada
Date Reviewed: 3/26/2007 5:02:07 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Sugarloaf Canada |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | Good shifting, good price, great looking, not stretchy, not too heavy, powerlink is nice, long enough lasting. |
| Weaknesses: | Rusts somewhat easy, could be a bit "nicer" but I am not complaining |
| Similar Products Tried: | pc-58 |
| Bike Setup: | V10, shiver, x7/x9,pg850, pc68 |
| Bottom Line: | Great chain for the price. I don't have any complaints. Looks great, shifts with decency. Cannot go wrong. |
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Submitted by
Andreas Klauser
a Cross Country Rider
from Feldafing
Date Reviewed: 1/5/2007 9:39:59 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | yes |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $39 |
| Purchased At: | hibike |
| Strengths: | good chain, no chain suck, chain lock |
| Weaknesses: | rather expensive |
| Similar Products Tried: | Rohloff STL 99/achtfach=8; Shimano IG90 |
| Bottom Line: | Good chain, no chain suck (as with last year's production of Rohloff). Used to be a Rohloff fan. Chain lock nice idea, though not essential (if you happen to own a Rohloff Revolver). |
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Submitted by
Rick
a Cross Country Rider
from Fairfax, VA
Date Reviewed: 9/9/2006 12:57:22 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Fountainhead |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $19 |
| Purchased At: | Jenson |
| Strengths: | decent weight, held up in muddy/dusty conditions to a point... |
| Weaknesses: | durability! i purchased this chain during a drive train overhaul at the beginning of this season (less than 4 months), and I just had to replace it for numerous stiff (kinked) links! |
| Similar Products Tried: | shimano OEM |
| Bike Setup: | 98 kona lava dome, sram x.7 shifters, x.9 rear, 8 spd cassette, PC-48 chain! |
| Bottom Line: | not sure what went wrong for the chain to need to be replaced after 4 months...well maintained, etc. the PC-68 is supposed to be SRAM's high performance 8 spd chain, but it doesn't hold up to agressive shifting. i just replaced it with the 48 version for more durability. |
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Submitted by
Bryce
a Cross Country Rider
from Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA
Date Reviewed: 10/1/2005 6:08:42 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $30 |
| Purchased At: | Pedal Power Bike & Ski |
| Strengths: | Decent price, Quality, Nickel Plated, Shifts nice, durability. |
| Weaknesses: | N/A |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano |
| Bike Setup: | 2005 Jamis Durango Sport SX |
| Bottom Line: | Overall, good in all conditions. Have gotten it extremely muddy, and dirty with dry dust on trail. Nickel plating seems to really help. Survived a deraillier hanger snapping, then getting spun around the wheel in the spokes one revolution and being pulled tight at an ackward angle by that. Then to get home I converted my bike to singlespeed and finally pieced it back together when the hanger was replaced and still works fine! |
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Submitted by
Dan
a Cross Country Rider
from Ithaca, NY
Date Reviewed: 1/31/2005 2:46:08 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $11 |
| Purchased At: | QBP.com |
| Strengths: | Cheap, burly, shifts very well, even when extrodinarily muddy, powerlink is nice (usually, see below) |
| Weaknesses: | Not so light, powerlink gets stuck sometimes |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano crap |
| Bike Setup: | Custom built up Haro escape 8.2 |
| Bottom Line: | Holds up excellently to mud, and has a wallet friendly price. Great 8 spd. chain- about as good as it gets for 'em these days! |
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