richardmid1 Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Is it ok to use a standard mtb chain on a 20"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC12345678910 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 On 6/13/2020 at 11:50 AM, richardmid1 said: Is it ok to use a standard mtb chain on a 20"? F**k. No. Ask the lad I've been mates with since school 'bout the time his chain snapped and he could poke his knee exposed tendons with his finger... Whether you use 3/32, 1/8 or 3/16 width is preference but tensile strength above 1100kg or on your head be it. And your face. And your teeth. And your knee cartilage... Quick rules of thumb is that drilled pins, slotted plates or half link chains are death. A single half link may be unavoidable at times but :shudder: KMC K710 kool and Z510HX has saved me thus far (15yrs) with a good stint on KHE collapse's in the middle of those too. Z610HX and moped based chains like gusset tank and YBN 415H have their plaudits round these parts too. KMC seem to have had a revamp recently so now you are looking for K1 Wide and Z1eHX Wide silver or Z1eHX Wide EPT https://www.kmcchain.eu/chain-bmx_track_fixie-bmx-wide and Z1eHX narrow silver and EPT variants https://www.kmcchain.eu/chain-bmx_track_fixie-bmx-narrow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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