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Submitted by
Pertti M
a Weekend Warrior
from Finland
Date Reviewed: 5/5/2008 2:52:13 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Purchased At: | LBS |
| Strengths: | It is an OK chain Lower cost than better chains |
| Weaknesses: | Does not shift as well as XTR, and such premium chains Rougher surface makes it more difficult to keep clean Stretches more than XTR too |
| Similar Products Tried: | Shimano CN-7701 |
| Bike Setup: | HT, SS and gearie FS "big bike" |
| Bottom Line: | You get what you pay for. This is not the greatest chain but it works. The CN-7701 (XTR/Dura-Ace) is much nicer than this but costs more too. Last year, I got about 8 or 9 months of singlespeed trails riding out of a HG53. During the winter I had a cheap Shimano Nexus chain on the SS bike and that stretched to unusable condition in 4 months of light commuting and a few trail rides. Now I put another HG53 on the bike, thinking that I'll go for a nicer chain only after replacing chainring and cog. I am no lightweight and have broken these chains twice: both at joints that I made. Now running a SRAM Powerlink, since a few days ago: seems to work fine. |
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Submitted by
Jay Notes
a Downhiller
from California
Date Reviewed: 3/18/2008 8:47:20 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | everywhere |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $20 |
| Purchased At: | came with freeride kit |
| Strengths: | Strengths?....what a JOKE! I wish i could rate zero on the flammin' chilis. |
| Weaknesses: | Where do i begin?. I built my bike 5 days ago. rode it 3 times and today, THIS #*%(in POS chain snapped on me and i wasnt even riding hard at all. DO NOT BUY THIS CHAIN! |
| Similar Products Tried: | other chains. |
| Bike Setup: | Freeride. |
| Bottom Line: | This chain sucks. and i am gonna assume that about the rest of shimano's chains that have that indentation in the pins because thats what broke on me. im not a heavy rider and i certainly didnt push this chain really hard at all. snapped on me within 4 days. |
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Submitted by
Aaron
a Weekend Warrior
from Surrey, BC, Canada
Date Reviewed: 9/23/2007 4:07:46 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $1 |
| Purchased At: | Bike Zone Surrey |
| Strengths: | None |
| Weaknesses: | this chain has broken 3 times on me, each time the shop I purchased the bike at has fixed it. Time to replace this piece of garbage. It came on my 2007 Kona caldera. DO NOT BUY THIS CHAIN. |
| Similar Products Tried: | 7 year old nishiki bike, NEVER broke the chain once. |
| Bike Setup: | Stock with rear grip shift |
| Bottom Line: | DO NOT BUY THIS CHAIN. |
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Submitted by
Farizal
from Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
Date Reviewed: 12/25/2006 10:47:29 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $15 |
| Purchased At: | Pro Cycle, Shah Alam. |
| Strengths: | Good looking, Good strength, smooth shifting using XT M750 Cassette. |
| Weaknesses: | Rust quickly. Connecting pin can easily damaged if miss fitting. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Only 8 speed chain. |
| Bike Setup: | Hard tail |
| Bottom Line: | Smooth Shifting but make sure the connecting pin fitting is in good condition after fitting. The shop where I bought the chain damaged the pin during fitting and the link break after 40km ride. Lucky I have extra links. Now after 500km still in good condition except it rust quickly if you don't oiled it after some water gets on it. |
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Submitted by
william
a Cross Country Rider
from honolulu, HI USA
Date Reviewed: 9/23/2006 3:55:43 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $1 |
| Purchased At: | came on bike |
| Strengths: | Works |
| Weaknesses: | breaks teeth on front cranks. Probably my fault for not cleaning it after each ride. |
| Similar Products Tried: | none |
| Bike Setup: | 2004 giant iguana disc pretty mutch stock exept for alivio cranks |
| Bottom Line: | this is a pretty good chain for the casual rider. I have had no problems with it till now (rust and poor shifting)and i am 240lbs. This chain served me good for 2 years and I would recomend it to someone who is a weekend warrior or someone that is not doing alot of hill climbing. |
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