Stronger drivechain.

[Alex S]

Ok so im fed up of breaking chains. Someone recommend me a stronger one.

I had an Ultegra 10spd chain and It snapped powering up a hill, ok, granted, but I looked at the chain and it had about 6 other links that had similar cracks halfway across them. Oh sorry this was about a 3 month old chain, maybe 500 miles. Shimano = Fail.

I've snapped 3 SRAM £10 chains in a month before on a singlespeed, once the powerlink itself snapped, SRAM = Fail.

What to try next?

[Alex S]

And while I'm here, I have so many problems with SINGLESPEED FREEWHEELS as well. anyone recommend me some that might actually last longer than 250 miles? I've tried:

Dicta (BMX brand - didnt last long.)
Shimano (I hated this one the most. constant clicking noise.)
GB Unbranded freewheel. (Actually I take it back, I hated this one the most)
and some other 12-15 quid freewheels, but not found any ones that I can get on with yet.

Any singlespeeders here? Care to share some knowledge?

[Dan_K]

How about Goldie Lookin Chain? Apparently, they're WELL hard.

[Andy E]

Unless you're Tom Boonen in disguise then you've probably just had bad luck. I've used Ultegra chains on 3 seperate bikes, racking up over 15,000km and have never had any problems (although i suspect i will on the CR tomorrow now )

[Marky Mark]

KMC gets my vote

[-Adam-]

Learn how to install them correctly?

[Alex S]

[quote]Learn how to install them correctly?

[Steve W]

[url]
http://www.whiteind.com/singlespeedgear ... heels.html[/url]

All single speed freewheels are cr*p apart from White industries, only problem is you need deep pockets for these £69 or so

[quote="Alex S"][quote]Learn how to install them correctly?

[Alex S]

FIXED MAKES ME CRY.

[Alex S]

Even assuming a cytech level 3 qualification isnt enough to fit a chain, it wouldnt explain the 6 other cracks in other links.

White industries. wow. they look amazing. I might have to splurge. anyone know any UK distributors?

[Steve W]

Check out Hardy Bikes for the freewheel

http://www.hardie-bikes.com/products.ph ... p454&rs=gb

[Will]

I use a White Industries freewheel on my Condor Pista

(The one that came with the bike was cheap Shimano rubbish)

The WI freewheel is a beautiful piece of engineering and is very easy to service/maintain (all parts can be replaced)

The obvious downside is that they're not cheap - especially not with current £/$ exchange rates

Sideways Cycles are one of the main UK stockists

[Alex S]

just ordered myself a WI freewheel from sideways. got the trials one because its green and clickier.

thanks for the advice all.

[Sylv]

have fun - i've had mine (red) for ... well i can't remember exactly, but a long long time.

for the chain, i've had a sram (pc1 i think, the bmx one) for years too. with a quick link but the solid type (with one male and one female part), looks like this

[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31KE96KMB0L._SS500_.jpg[/img]