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I guess this gets rehashed every so often, but I'd welcome current thinking.
The machine is a Campy Record 10sp. Habanero road cycle. It's getting about that time for a new chain. Do I just go out and buy a Campy Record chain, as usual, or is there something "better" - cheaper, lighter, make me ride 2 MPH faster, etc., etc? And I've never before used a Connex or whatever removable link. Trying to clean the chain on the bike just isn't as good as plunking the thing in an ultrasonic cleaner. What would folks consider a decent link, or are they really not recommended by the people who know what they're doing? Thanks for any advice. Art |
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On Jun 12, 5:54*pm, (Arthur Shapiro) wrote:
I guess this gets rehashed every so often, but I'd welcome current thinking. The machine is a Campy Record 10sp. Habanero road cycle. *It's getting about that time for a new chain. Do I just go out and buy a Campy Record chain, as usual, or is there something "better" - cheaper, lighter, make me ride 2 MPH faster, etc., etc? KMC X10SL in GOLD + zip some chest hair into jersey zipper for final sprint! Guaranteed to make you somewhat more agitated and possibly faster with bling between your legs. |
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"Arthur Shapiro" wrote in message ... I guess this gets rehashed every so often, but I'd welcome current thinking. The machine is a Campy Record 10sp. Habanero road cycle. It's getting about that time for a new chain. Do I just go out and buy a Campy Record chain, as usual, or is there something "better" - cheaper, lighter, make me ride 2 MPH faster, etc., etc? And I've never before used a Connex or whatever removable link. Trying to clean the chain on the bike just isn't as good as plunking the thing in an ultrasonic cleaner. What would folks consider a decent link, or are they really not recommended by the people who know what they're doing? Thanks for any advice. Art |
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On Jun 12, 4:54*pm, (Arthur Shapiro) wrote:
I guess this gets rehashed every so often, but I'd welcome current thinking. The machine is a Campy Record 10sp. Habanero road cycle. *It's getting about that time for a new chain. Do I just go out and buy a Campy Record chain, as usual, or is there something "better" - cheaper, lighter, make me ride 2 MPH faster, etc., etc? And I've never before used a Connex or whatever removable link. *Trying to clean the chain on the bike just isn't as good as plunking the thing in an ultrasonic cleaner. *What would folks consider a decent link, or are they really not recommended by the people who know what they're doing? Thanks for any advice. Art Least expensive compatible chain. All 10s chains are now 5,9mm, so any of them. Campagnolo, altho expensive, work really well, but I rec. Veloce, NOT Record or Chorus. |
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In article , Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
but I rec. Veloce, NOT Record or Chorus. Care to elaborate? Purely cost vs. weight issue, or something more subtle. Art |
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On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:52:35 -0700 (PDT), Qui si parla Campagnolo
wrote: On Jun 12, 4:54*pm, (Arthur Shapiro) wrote: I guess this gets rehashed every so often, but I'd welcome current thinking. The machine is a Campy Record 10sp. Habanero road cycle. *It's getting about that time for a new chain. Do I just go out and buy a Campy Record chain, as usual, or is there something "better" - cheaper, lighter, make me ride 2 MPH faster, etc., etc? And I've never before used a Connex or whatever removable link. *Trying to clean the chain on the bike just isn't as good as plunking the thing in an ultrasonic cleaner. *What would folks consider a decent link, or are they really not recommended by the people who know what they're doing? Thanks for any advice. Art Least expensive compatible chain. All 10s chains are now 5,9mm, so any of them. Campagnolo, altho expensive, work really well, but I rec. Veloce, NOT Record or Chorus. Can you give an opinion on which, if any, of the replacable links work well with these chains? Been using the SuperLink with limited success. Thanks. |
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On Jun 12, 4:54 pm, (Arthur Shapiro) wrote:
I guess this gets rehashed every so often, but I'd welcome current thinking. The machine is a Campy Record 10sp. Habanero road cycle. It's getting about that time for a new chain. Do I just go out and buy a Campy Record chain, as usual, or is there something "better" - cheaper, lighter, make me ride 2 MPH faster, etc., etc? And I've never before used a Connex or whatever removable link. Trying to clean the chain on the bike just isn't as good as plunking the thing in an ultrasonic cleaner. What would folks consider a decent link, or are they really not recommended by the people who know what they're doing? Thanks for any advice. Art Get a kmc 10 speed, a sram 10 speed or the cheapest 10 speed chain that you can get. In fact, get two, lubricate them both and then put one on the bike. When that one gets dirty, put the other. then, relube both and repeat the operation. |
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On Jun 13, 10:18 am, C. Ballou wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:52:35 -0700 (PDT), Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote: On Jun 12, 4:54 pm, (Arthur Shapiro) wrote: I guess this gets rehashed every so often, but I'd welcome current thinking. The machine is a Campy Record 10sp. Habanero road cycle. It's getting about that time for a new chain. Do I just go out and buy a Campy Record chain, as usual, or is there something "better" - cheaper, lighter, make me ride 2 MPH faster, etc., etc? And I've never before used a Connex or whatever removable link. Trying to clean the chain on the bike just isn't as good as plunking the thing in an ultrasonic cleaner. What would folks consider a decent link, or are they really not recommended by the people who know what they're doing? Thanks for any advice. Art Least expensive compatible chain. All 10s chains are now 5,9mm, so any of them. Campagnolo, altho expensive, work really well, but I rec. Veloce, NOT Record or Chorus. Can you give an opinion on which, if any, of the replacable links work well with these chains? Been using the SuperLink with limited success. Thanks. powerlink |
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On Jun 13, 8:58*am, (Arthur Shapiro) wrote:
In article , Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote: but I rec. Veloce, NOT Record or Chorus. Care to elaborate? *Purely cost vs. weight issue, or something more subtle. Art Chorus & Record are made of Drillium. Both have drilled side plates, Record has hollow pins as well. I like the KMC ones that Performance & Nashbar sell cheep as their house brands. Silver outer plates, black inner plates, just like Campy chains, currently on sale at Performance for $22. Includes a snaplink. and shifts as well or better than any other 10-speed chain I've used (others I've tried include Wipperman 6.2mm & 5.9mm and Veloce UN 5.9mm). |
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Thanks, everyone!
I'm not made of money, to put it mildly, but do enough riding that anything I spend on the machine is easily justified. A KMC X10SL is now on order...looks like an interesting product complete with a removable link. If that doesn't work out to my satisfaction, we'll try something different or go back to Campy next time. Art |
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