Need a replacement chain, what brand?

jamski · June 2015

I need a new chain. It's obviously somewhere they skimp on quality! Very lucky it didn't snap while I was out today.

Have Shimano front and rear mechs but Sram cassette and chainset.

Any preference to what I should replace it with?

Thanks.

cooldad · June 2015

KMC

rockmonkeysc · June 2015

I use Shimano for 10 speed and SRAM for 9 speed.

hanhamreds · June 2015

KMC

seem very durable to me

jamski · June 2015

Thanks all. Maybe a stupid question, does it have to be a 9 speed? Any benefit to get a different speed as it's thinner or anything like that?

cooldad · June 2015

Nope get the right one.

rockmonkeysc · June 2015

Needs to be 9 speed to work with a 9 speed set up.

jamski · June 2015

Cool thanks. Will pop in to a couple of places tomorrow and see what KMC ones they have then.

Thanks all.

Mattharrier · June 2015

Noob question, but does it not matter about the number of rings you're running at the front? Just the number on the cassette?

cooldad · June 2015

Yes, assuming the rings more or less match the speed. The gap between 8,9 and 10 speed cogs gets smaller with the number of gears, although the overall width of the cassette remains the same. So chains get narrower on the outside, but the inside dimension is the same (AFAIK - I'M open to correction).
Anyway, a 9 speed chain will work fine with 10 speed rings, just not a 10 speed cassette.

hanhamreds · April 2019

KMC

JBA · April 2019

hanhamreds wrote:

KMC

There is a strong chance he bought a new chain in 2015, and one or two since then. :roll:

Need a replacement chain, what brand?

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