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Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: 2/12/2007 11:03:39 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Purchased At: | Stock on my 1996 GT Ricochet |
| Strengths: | Strong with mininal stretch for years. |
| Weaknesses: | None. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Whatever came stock on my 1994 Raleigh Matterhorn. |
| Bike Setup: | 1996 GT Ricochet. |
| Bottom Line: | This chain came stock on my 1996 GT Ricochet that I got on October 15,1996.(1 week after my birthday as it was my birthday present to me) during D'Ornellas Bike Shop winter sale from October - February. I put well over 10,000kms on this chain till I replaced it in 2000 as it had started to stretch. I used this bike 99% of the time for city street, sidewalk & waterfront bike path riding. The 100km+ distance I put on this chain while off-roading was either in a city park in the woods area when asphalt & cement riding had gotten to me. Also I used this bike for the last few bike races of the 1999 Chico Racing - Wednesday night racing series up at Dagmar, ON, Canada (mtb resort). In 2000 I replaced the chain with a Shimano IG-72. This chain has a few 1,000kms on it as on July 02,2001. I returned from a 2 week holiday in West Central Florida to Earl's Cycle (closed 2003) to pick up my brand new 2001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk. Bottom Line: A Shimano chain that came stock on my bike and lasted for 1,000's & 1,000's of kilometers. |
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Submitted by
Spencer
a Cross Country Rider
from San luis Obispo CA
Date Reviewed: 11/19/2006 4:12:16 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Purchased At: | stock |
| Strengths: | its a chain |
| Weaknesses: | its not a good chain |
| Similar Products Tried: | never really had to pay attention to chains before |
| Bike Setup: | Diamondback SL Super, Skareb platinum fork, juicy 7 brakes, xo shifters, azonic bars, and RF seatpost |
| Bottom Line: | I'm sure this thing is fine for the casual rider, which is probably who this chain was made for, But do not trust it if you do any real riding. I broke this thing three times the 3rd month I had it before I decided just to give it up, That was 3 times my day was ruined because of a chain. I'm just glad I didn't get in any serious crashes because of this thing, it always broke on pavement on the way to the trail weak pos. |
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Submitted by
ed
a Weekend Warrior
from tacoma
Date Reviewed: 8/2/2006 6:53:38 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | strengths? What strengths? |
| Weaknesses: | This chain is a piece of crap!Do not waste your time or money on it. This chain broke on me the 6th time i used it. |
| Bottom Line: | Dont waste your time!!! |
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Submitted by
Chris MacLean
a Weekend Warrior
from Quebec City, Canada
Date Reviewed: 9/6/2005 9:17:31 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Mont St-Anne |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Price Paid: | $10 |
| Purchased At: | Mathieu Bicycle |
| Strengths: | -Last 2 years -cheap |
| Weaknesses: | If it breaks, the chain damages everything Cannot add new sections |
| Bike Setup: | 2004 haro x-1 |
| Bottom Line: | After a year or so be prepared to change it. I tried to add new sections to the chain, but I ended up scraping the rear cogs. If you want to cheap out on this chain go ahead, but if you have money, don't buy this. |
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Submitted by
Matt
from WI/IL
Date Reviewed: 5/14/2005 2:57:54 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | rocky singletrack |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $10 |
| Strengths: | Strong! Doesn't stretch at all. Doesn't corrode as much as you would think it would. Comes with greese repelling lube on it. Pretty finish. |
| Weaknesses: | Heavy. The HG chains are lighter. Pearly finish wears off eventually. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Dura-Ace/XTR, Wipperman Nickel Plated, Campy Record Narrow |
| Bike Setup: | Neptune frame, Dura-Ace singlespeed drivetrain, XT/SUN pro wheels, Thompson, Kore, Manitous SX-E (LOVE IT!!~!) |
| Bottom Line: | Good chain nice and cheap. |
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Submitted by
matt keating
a Weekend Warrior
from Coos Bay, OR
Date Reviewed: 12/31/2004 6:16:54 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $10 |
| Weaknesses: | broken twice in one month |
| Similar Products Tried: | not sure |
| Bike Setup: | 2004 Hardrock Sport |
| Bottom Line: | I know this a low end bike from specialized, but i still expected more..... |
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Submitted by
Racer9
a Weekend Warrior
from Royersford
Date Reviewed: 5/28/2004 4:37:00 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Strengths: | Hasn't broken |
| Weaknesses: | On my 40 mile endurance ride it started making a creaking and I was just hoping to make it to the car. It skips like crazy when I shift up. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Wal-Mart chains |
| Bike Setup: | 2004 Hardrock Sport (Stock) |
| Bottom Line: | I saw this same chain at Wal-Mart and mine came on a $330 bike. Hasn't broken. I don't expect it to last long |
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Submitted by
Jake Andrew
a Weekend Warrior
from freddy beach canada
Date Reviewed: 5/11/2004 5:51:15 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | any northshores, jumps drops... |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $10 |
| Purchased At: | with bike |
| Strengths: | well, i find it goes through the cog pretty well, from shimano i would expect much more... though its only a cheaper chain..i would say its worth around 10 bucks! |
| Weaknesses: | kinda strethchy.. |
| Similar Products Tried: | dont know? |
| Bike Setup: | specialized p.2 |
| Bottom Line: | I have read some of the other reviews..and i dont agree at all. they made this chain sound like something i could dig up in my backyard, i dont see whats so wrong about it. its only a cheap chain. i find it going good so far |
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Submitted by
Joe B.
a Cross Country Rider
from Cypress, CA
Date Reviewed: 12/24/2002 11:13:51 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Strengths: | Strength? What strength? |
| Weaknesses: | Skips teeth, not much on strength for heavier riders. |
| Similar Products Tried: | SRAM PC-58 |
| Bike Setup: | DB Coil SS |
| Bottom Line: | This chain came stock on my bike. I had only used it for a week before it broke on me. I was biking on the street, and was trying to accelerate after a stoplight. Not a very aggressive launch either. I'm not sure if my weight did it, but I don't believe I will ever buy a Shimano chain again. |
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Submitted by
Reidling
a Weekend Warrior
from New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Reviewed: 10/24/2002 9:14:26 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Anything Fast |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Strengths: | It's Cheap |
| Weaknesses: | It's completely gone in just over a year. (this is partialy due to abuse) |
| Bike Setup: | 2001 Giant Warp DS* Similar in one way or a nother to all the Warp DS bikes. |
| Bottom Line: | Don't buy it, but I guess it's okay if it comes on your bike like mine did. I only weigh about 125lbs. I guess with the bike and gear theres about 160lbs riding on it. how could this thing break under such a light load. |
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Submitted by
Dave
from Surrey
Date Reviewed: 8/18/2002 9:45:54 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Strengths: | well it worked for about 2 years |
| Weaknesses: | is it too much to expect more than 2 years' service out of something as basic as a chain cos thats how long mine lasted while my friends have older chains and no probs so far... |
| Similar Products Tried: | Now got a Sachs PC-91 (avoiding shimano wherever poss now) |
| Bike Setup: | 2000 Kona NuNu with Z4s, arch rivals, V8s, FSA fully sealed heaset & a bunch of other stuff |
| Bottom Line: | I cant believe this is the same chain as the other guys have reviewed - mine stretched so badly it was skipping in most gears with any kind of pressure on the pedals. I looked after it well cleaning it and the cassette after every serious ride and oiling it thouroughly. NOt impressed. Shimano seem (in my experience) to be going downhill. They only seem to put any effort into the higher end stuff. Thats why ive got a Sachs one now. average value rating cos it came in the bike poor overall rating cos i expect a chain to last longer than 2 years of fairly infrequent use |
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Submitted by
Scott
from Utah
Date Reviewed: 5/23/2002 9:07:19 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Purchased At: | Pedersons |
| Strengths: | Strong, long lasting. |
| Weaknesses: | none that I can think of exept it has begun to be a little streched... (Time for a new one I guess) |
| Similar Products Tried: | nothing but IG's |
| Bottom Line: | Considering that I've had the chain so long and been so hard on it the little strechage in the chain is understandable. So I think Its a Good buy. |
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Submitted by
Philip Rowland
from Ottawa
Date Reviewed: 4/20/2002 9:48:51 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $1550 |
| Purchased At: | Full Cycle |
| Strengths: | This is a sweet and strong chain for the money |
| Weaknesses: | None |
| Bike Setup: | 2002 Kona Stuff with everyting changed |
| Bottom Line: | This is a great chain its strong. So why wast 30$ on a chain that you will replace every year! So if your like me and dont like wasting money on things you will change every year go and buy a 9$ strong chain! |
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