New Chain???
Kieranheyes01
Posts: 22
My chain just snapped when i was out and about
Anybody know of a good cheap 8speed shimano chain??
Thanks
Anybody know of a good cheap 8speed shimano chain??
Thanks
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Try a Wippermann 808 they are about £12 and as tough as old boots.Now where's that "Get Out of Crash Free Card"0
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Chekc out the SRAM PC-951 (?), there is an 8 speed version in the PC-9xx series. SRAM make some pretty good chains and the powerlink is a great feature.0
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I would go for Sram for ease of use...
Try these. CRC has some Flood sale 8spd chains... if they are cleaned up they are fine, i just got two PC991. They are in tip top condition tbh.
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I/d suggest sram too. 10 seconds and the thing is off...to easy0
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If your cassette is old-ish you might need a new one of those too. If I am right then your chain and cassette wear in together, so a new chain on an old cassette could skip about and not be ideal. Just a thought I had whilst reading this.0
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GT Destroyer wrote:If your cassette is old-ish you might need a new one of those too. If I am right then your chain and cassette wear in together, so a new chain on an old cassette could skip about and not be ideal. Just a thought I had whilst reading this.
Yeah, thats exactly what I found.0 -
Which is why you need to buy a Park tool chain checker for a fiver.Once the chain gets to 0.75 stretch stick a new one on,without wearing down your cassette.2006 Giant XTC
2010 Giant Defy Advanced
2016 Boardman Pro 29er
2016 Pinnacle Lithium 4
2017 Canondale Supersix Evo0 -
Be careful though as a lot of new chains come very close to 0.75 stretch out of the box!0