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Title: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: macky on July 14, 2008, 02:25 PM: In a bid to get a fitter to ride more and hopfully a bit better....

I've been riding home from Rampworx and anywhere else i ride!! ( usually get taxi's everywhere! )

So riding home last night, after sessioning Obbie's garden halfpipe... ( at least 8 miles! )

got halfway home... and my chain SNAPPED whacking my knee on the stem as i flew over the bar's in the road!! :-[ heehee!!

Yep, all things break, we know... BUT....

Three snaps in 6 months..... i think its time to buy a different brand chain!!

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb31/mackymc/snappageofchain.jpg)
:2gunsfiring_v1: KMC Chain's...

;D
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: se-bmxer on July 14, 2008, 02:32 PM: those chains are sh*t, i broke 2 when doing gate practice and they were only on the bike for a few days

fookin hurts when they snap though
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: SaMAlex on July 14, 2008, 02:34 PM: Why would you get a chain with holes in the links????

Thats gotta be asking for trouble aint it?
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: kev-s on July 14, 2008, 02:42 PM: thats strange as ive been using one of those kmc light chains for well over a year now with no probs, why not try a shodow conspiracy half link chain, my mate has run one for ages and has landed on it quite a few times and its still going strong
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: lazychubs on July 14, 2008, 02:48 PM: ive snapped a shadow chain about 4 or 5 times
always clumped me knee or face planted
went over to the khe pro collapse and never had a prob with it
its not lite but does the job
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: losidan on July 14, 2008, 03:06 PM: i was out riding my mtb on the roads on sat...I shifted wrong and my chain went down behind the cassette and locked the wheel solid....just could not get it out so had to walk...carrying the bike a mile and a half home...

felt a right a/hole
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: macky on July 14, 2008, 04:08 PM: Quote from: S&MAlex on July 14, 2008, 02:34 PM
Why would you get a chain with holes in the links????

Thats gotta be asking for trouble aint it?

Er..... yeahhh... it was in a bid to shed as much weight as possible from the bike... :-\

they are a lot lighter.... but at a cost, which i now realise!! :-[
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: magna13 on July 14, 2008, 04:10 PM: KMC Suck!

I Broke Mine Just Going Down The Road On My Haro F2 And Smaked My Knee On The Stem And Cut All My Leg Open And They Rust So Quickly!! >:( >:(
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: macky on July 14, 2008, 04:12 PM: Quote from: kev s on July 14, 2008, 02:42 PM
thats strange as ive been using one of those kmc light chains for well over a year now with no probs, why not try a shodow conspiracy half link chain, my mate has run one for ages and has landed on it quite a few times and its still going strong

Yep, i know a few riders who use those chains... dont think anyone of them have encounted problems!!
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: magna13 on July 14, 2008, 04:13 PM: I Think The Reason Mine Broke Is That It Was One Of KMC's Cheapo Ones... ::) ::)
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: macky on July 14, 2008, 04:21 PM: I was looking at this..... KHE Minimalist hollow pin half link chain... ?? :-\

http://www.alansbmx.com/product_info.php?cPath=32_50&products_id=4530

any thoughts??
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: magna13 on July 14, 2008, 04:31 PM: Looks A Pretty Decent Chain To Me :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: the_wheelie_king on July 14, 2008, 07:12 PM: I wouldn't even entertain anything other than a nickel Izumi. An os classic that'll last you for ruddy years. Trust me :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: THIRSTYKIRSTY on July 14, 2008, 07:16 PM: all i use is a kmc z510 a fiver off ebay and no probs at all and im 16 stone standin on the start gate,,,best chain ever

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Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: macky on July 14, 2008, 07:17 PM: Im just glad it snapped when it did and not when i was about to drop in on the vert!!! :shocked:

although, i was on the road and could have been squished by a car!!! :-\
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: dirtyvans on July 14, 2008, 09:32 PM: yeah i got one of those kmc half link chain's, no probs so far! and as its a half link they seem more flexible for small gearing :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: riding home to get fitter..........
Post by: magna13 on July 14, 2008, 09:36 PM: Izumi :smitten:, My Dad Uses Them For Racing Motocross Bikes!, They're About £50+ For Moto-x But They Last For Years!