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
ive snapped a sram PC1 powerlink after 2 weeks riding before, one of the prongs on the "male" part snapped clean off. Ive gone for an Izumi 30 quid track chain for my SS, ill get a KMC one for the racer.