I too take off my chains regularly to clean them and have never had a connex link fail. I have had Sram links get very tight and impossible to get off. I save my links and reuse them because the timing chain on the tandem takes two. Cheap chains can tear out in 1000 miles, good ones should go more like 3000. Chain wear causes cog and ring wear, which leads toward shifting problems. Cheap chains are a false economy.
Michael On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 2:04:23 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 06/04/2014 01:57 PM, Lynne Fitz wrote: > > I have had a master link fail on me ONCE, and that was probably because > I had taken it apart a few times too many (S&S coupled bike dismantled a > few times). > > Oh, I doubt that very much. I take my master links apart in order to > clean and relube my chains at roughly 100 mile intervals, and my chains > last typically at least 5,000 miles, often more, and I've never had a > master link fail. I use SRAM chains, mostly 9 speed. > > > > > > For some folks, 1000 miles is as long as a chain will last. One of my > riding buddies gets maybe 2000 miles on his chains; I get close to 4000 > miles. > > > > I use SRAM or KMC chains, whichever are available. KMC is a smoking > deal. The KMC master links can be bought in bulk; I keep a couple in my > bike bag. I have also saved someone's ride when their chain broke. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
