> And bicycles are supposed to be, to my mind, just hefty enough, and no more, > thank you. I > think I have to exchange this chain for another...What say ye wise and geeky > experts? Remember, it was $16. And I want to support my LBS in this land of > the big box store. Exchange, or just wear it out?
I guess you have to define what you mean by 'just hefty enough.' Last fall on a tour in Southwestern Wisconsin, about 12 miles from the nearest town - and another 25 from a town with a bike store - I road up on two cyclists with plastic bikes. The ultra light new fangled chain on one was broken in two places. I had a chain tool in my kit. We spent about 30 minutes trying to fix the chain to no avail. The second rider ultimately had to ride on his own back to the car. As I left, the rider with the broken bike told me from now on he would carry a spare chain. The moral is that if just hefty enough means having to carry two, then you probably have not accomplished much. On Jun 8, 11:30 pm, Bill Gibson <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, I am cross-posting this to get some advice...So, I needed a chain for > the Quickbeam. Local bike shop offered a 9-speed 3/32" chain. I thought, > hey, it's a singlespeed, sort of. I use a White Industries Enos Dos I got on > ebay, so why not use a bigger, more durable chain. A "BMX" chain. The mech > offers a KMC Koolchain 1/8", which is asymmetrical. There's an inside and an > outside. Hmm. And I am looking at it at home, and hefting it (chains always > seem heavier than expected off the bike). So, I realize, it's a little > heavier than a wimpy derailleur chain, but is it unnecessarily so? I mean, > it's the bushings I want to wear longer, not the side plates... And bicycles > are supposed to be, to my mind, just hefty enough, and no more, thank you. I > think I have to exchange this chain for another...What say ye wise and geeky > experts? Remember, it was $16. And I want to support my LBS in this land of > the big box store. Exchange, or just wear it out? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
