Chain replacement

Sad Boy
Sad Boy Posts: 51
edited November 2010 in MTB buying advice
I'm looking at a new chain, Ive done about 2000 miles on the last one its creaking now (well I think its the chain) The creaking is driving me insane I been lubing it about once a week which will stop it for a few days.

Can anyone recommend a good chain for a rockhopper used for light off road and commuting on a railway track. I'm not sure how many miles chains are meant to last but I'm sure mine has been creaking for the last 1000 or so :?

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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Been plenty of threads on chains recently, worth searching them out.

    Personally I like the buy cheap and replace often option ie the SRAM PC951
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  • Neily03
    Neily03 Posts: 295
    Sram PC951, PC971 or PC991. All the same performance/strength but just get shinier with the increase in price. I've just got a PC971 of ebay for £14. :D
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  • Sad Boy
    Sad Boy Posts: 51
    Neily03 wrote:
    Sram PC951, PC971 or PC991. All the same performance/strength but just get shinier with the increase in price. I've just got a PC971 of ebay for £14. :D

    Thanks £14 sounds good are the more expensive chains less creaky its been driving me mad. I toyed with new bike trying to stop the noise I'm pretty sure its the chain.
  • submityournentries
    submityournentries Posts: 912
    i dont know about less creaky, but my 991 is an awful lot less snappy than my pg951.
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  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    Sad Boy wrote:
    I'm looking at a new chain, Ive done about 2000 miles on the last one its creaking now (well I think its the chain) The creaking is driving me insane I been lubing it about once a week which will stop it for a few days.

    Can anyone recommend a good chain for a rockhopper used for light off road and commuting on a railway track. I'm not sure how many miles chains are meant to last but I'm sure mine has been creaking for the last 1000 or so :?
    Do you actually clean and lube the chain regularly? :? If so then new chain but you'll probably need a new cassette too. If not, start learning, put something akin to a SRAM Powerlink on, take the chain off the bike regularly and give it a good clean with a degreaser and relbe with a good wet lube as the winter draws in.
  • Neily03
    Neily03 Posts: 295
    submityournentries wrote:
    i dont know about less creaky, but my 991 is an awful lot less snappy than my pg951.

    991 and 951 are mechanically identical. the 991 is just nickel plated to make it look nicer.
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  • Sad Boy
    Sad Boy Posts: 51
    getonyourbike wrote:
    Sad Boy wrote:
    I'm looking at a new chain, Ive done about 2000 miles on the last one its creaking now (well I think its the chain) The creaking is driving me insane I been lubing it about once a week which will stop it for a few days.

    Can anyone recommend a good chain for a rockhopper used for light off road and commuting on a railway track. I'm not sure how many miles chains are meant to last but I'm sure mine has been creaking for the last 1000 or so :?
    Do you actually clean and lube the chain regularly? :? If so then new chain but you'll probably need a new cassette too. If not, start learning, put something akin to a SRAM Powerlink on, take the chain off the bike regularly and give it a good clean with a degreaser and relbe with a good wet lube as the winter draws in.

    Yep about every 100 miles the chain come off and spends a night in blanket wash then re-lubed never tried wet lube.. The cassette looks fine. The chaps at Evans thought it was the BB that caused the noise but why dose it stop when i clean the chain :?
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,610
    Neily03 wrote:
    submityournentries wrote:
    i dont know about less creaky, but my 991 is an awful lot less snappy than my pg951.

    991 and 951 are mechanically identical. the 991 is just nickel plated to make it look nicer.

    they aren't though. 951 uses different pins to either of the other two and the 971 gets spill over plate design from 991.
  • Neily03
    Neily03 Posts: 295
    blister pus wrote:
    Neily03 wrote:
    submityournentries wrote:
    i dont know about less creaky, but my 991 is an awful lot less snappy than my pg951.

    991 and 951 are mechanically identical. the 991 is just nickel plated to make it look nicer.

    they aren't though. 951 uses different pins to either of the other two and the 971 gets spill over plate design from 991.

    I stand corrected. :)
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  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    Sad Boy wrote:
    getonyourbike wrote:
    Sad Boy wrote:
    I'm looking at a new chain, Ive done about 2000 miles on the last one its creaking now (well I think its the chain) The creaking is driving me insane I been lubing it about once a week which will stop it for a few days.

    Can anyone recommend a good chain for a rockhopper used for light off road and commuting on a railway track. I'm not sure how many miles chains are meant to last but I'm sure mine has been creaking for the last 1000 or so :?
    Do you actually clean and lube the chain regularly? :? If so then new chain but you'll probably need a new cassette too. If not, start learning, put something akin to a SRAM Powerlink on, take the chain off the bike regularly and give it a good clean with a degreaser and relbe with a good wet lube as the winter draws in.

    Yep about every 100 miles the chain come off and spends a night in blanket wash then re-lubed never tried wet lube.. The cassette looks fine. The chaps at Evans thought it was the BB that caused the noise but why dose it stop when i clean the chain :?
    wet lube is a good bet now the wet and mud that goes with it is drawing in.
  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    Sad Boy wrote:
    getonyourbike wrote:
    Sad Boy wrote:
    I'm looking at a new chain, Ive done about 2000 miles on the last one its creaking now (well I think its the chain) The creaking is driving me insane I been lubing it about once a week which will stop it for a few days.

    Can anyone recommend a good chain for a rockhopper used for light off road and commuting on a railway track. I'm not sure how many miles chains are meant to last but I'm sure mine has been creaking for the last 1000 or so :?
    Do you actually clean and lube the chain regularly? :? If so then new chain but you'll probably need a new cassette too. If not, start learning, put something akin to a SRAM Powerlink on, take the chain off the bike regularly and give it a good clean with a degreaser and relbe with a good wet lube as the winter draws in.

    Yep about every 100 miles the chain come off and spends a night in blanket wash then re-lubed never tried wet lube.. The cassette looks fine. The chaps at Evans thought it was the BB that caused the noise but why dose it stop when i clean the chain :?
    wet lube is a good bet now the wet and mud that goes with it is drawing in.
  • getonyourbike
    getonyourbike Posts: 2,648
    Sad Boy wrote:
    getonyourbike wrote:
    Sad Boy wrote:
    I'm looking at a new chain, Ive done about 2000 miles on the last one its creaking now (well I think its the chain) The creaking is driving me insane I been lubing it about once a week which will stop it for a few days.

    Can anyone recommend a good chain for a rockhopper used for light off road and commuting on a railway track. I'm not sure how many miles chains are meant to last but I'm sure mine has been creaking for the last 1000 or so :?
    Do you actually clean and lube the chain regularly? :? If so then new chain but you'll probably need a new cassette too. If not, start learning, put something akin to a SRAM Powerlink on, take the chain off the bike regularly and give it a good clean with a degreaser and relbe with a good wet lube as the winter draws in.

    Yep about every 100 miles the chain come off and spends a night in blanket wash then re-lubed never tried wet lube.. The cassette looks fine. The chaps at Evans thought it was the BB that caused the noise but why dose it stop when i clean the chain :?
    wet lube is a good bet now the wet and mud that goes with it is drawing in.

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