josh barker Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 well its nearly time to change my chain and i was just wandering if the khe collapse chain was good.help much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Only chain I use these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmackay Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Very strong chain and it wont stretch on you at-all. However, it gets alot of stiff links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max-t Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 (edited) Yer, I've been using them for years. I've never snapped one and they are a lot stronger than the KMC chains. They are prone to getting stiff links though, so keep it well lubricated!EDIT: Yer,what they said. Edited December 4, 2009 by max-t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh barker Posted December 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 cheers for the advice people!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 I've never run one but don't think I ever would because of the stiff link problem... doesn't seem like it can be very well designed if it does that so badly. I've been using a Trialtech Lite for months now with no problems and Kools for years before then. I'd happily use nothing other than those two... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George.E Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 I have one and its holding out strong, the only pain I hasve is that it still makes a noise after Iv had it for months now. I thought it was just bedding in but im not sure whats going on.Anyway its a good chain though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Very strong chain and it wont stretch on you at-all. However, it gets alot of stiff links.Mine stretched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmackay Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 (edited) Mine stretched.Aww... Sucks to be you then.On a serious note, was it just a tiny bit of stretching or alot? Because usually they barely stretch atall. Edited December 5, 2009 by hdmackay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 I used one and thought it was a little unnecessary. Its got stiff a lot, i snapped it once and it did stretch to a really annoying length that was either too short or too slack even with a tensioner, but thats more down to my set-up.I tried out a trialtech lite about 6 months ago and i prefer it much more. I ride more agressively now than with the old chain but its holding up great, i think they're very good and it hasn't stretched much.I'd go for the trialtech, but the khe is good also - i just didn't get on aswell with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 I have had 3, they all stretched...I would use nothing else though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdoku Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Aww... Sucks to be you then.On a serious note, was it just a tiny bit of stretching or alot? Because usually they barely stretch atall.I had about 5mm of adjustment left on my cams when the chain was new, after it stretched I used up the remaining 5mm of adjustment. Then it got to a point where it's stretched beyond my cams adjustment. So I swapped over the spare links when I had to shorten it at the beginning and now it's all fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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