stiffnips Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 (edited) Hi there, I had a bit of an accident yesterday involving my chain snapping it has snapped in the past as well and i was just wondering would it be better to use a different chain or to buy another kmc kool? at the moment i have a kmc Kool chain, but my mate informs me they stretch and gave me some advice he told me to get a shadow conspiracy V2 interlock chain, now i was just wondering if these would be any good for trials as he is a bmxer i'm not sure.thanks alot, Nick. Edited January 16, 2006 by stiffnips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 bmx chains work fine and theyre also stronger because they are not built to flex like a mtb chain due to having gears, but if you use gears then a bmx chain is no good.. hope that helps... ad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiffnips Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 bmx chains work fine and theyre also stronger because they are not built to flex like a mtb chain due to having gears, but if you use gears then a bmx chain is no good.. hope that helps... adCheers i just wasn't sure because i was thinking there would be different amounts of stress between bmxing and trials thanks for your help, also do you know where i could buy the chain as i've only seen it on the manufaturars website?cheers, Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up'n'away Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 (edited) my mate snapped the link bit in his Kmc yesterday, hes off to halfords now to try and and get it fixed.. Edited January 16, 2006 by Brad123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aff1e Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 hi i would buy another KMC cool, ive had no problems with mine,hope i helped tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Swindlehurst Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 i would recomend to u the kmc kool chain or the khe from tartybikes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshywa Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 (edited) Hi there, I had a bit of an accident yesterday involving my chain snapping it has snapped in the past as well and i was just wondering would it be better to use a different chain or to buy another kmc kool? at the moment i have a kmc Kool chain, but my mate informs me they stretch and gave me some advice he told me to get a shadow conspiracy V2 interlock chain, now i was just wondering if these would be any good for trials as he is a bmxer i'm not sure.thanks alot, Nick.friad not the v2 wont fit around a 12 tooth cog... tried and failedbmx chains work fine and theyre also stronger because they are not built to flex like a mtb chain due to having gears, but if you use gears then a bmx chain is no good.. hope that helps... addon't get his hopes up i just got a bmx chain and they don't all ways work... you need a different size rear cog (don't ask me how its different i don't know) but a standard one make a REALLY loud noise and doesn't allow the chain to spin....my advice is if you want to run a bmx chain buy an echo fixed cog (works for me) £12 ish .... other than that i'd say you cant go wrong with a khe collapse (sp?)EDIT: what ever you do DONT get a hollow pin version of the kmc kool chain from what ive heard they snapthat should help Edited January 16, 2006 by joshywa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiffnips Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 friad not the v2 wont fit around a 12 tooth cog... tried and faileddon't get his hopes up i just got a bmx chain and they don't all ways work... you need a different size rear cog (don't ask me how its different i don't know) but a standard one make a REALLY loud noise and doesn't allow the chain to spin....my advice is if you want to run a bmx chain buy an echo fixed cog (works for me) £12 ish .... other than that i'd say you cant go wrong with a khe collapse (sp?)EDIT: what ever you do DONT get a hollow pin version of the kmc kool chain from what ive heard they snapthat should help But on the website does it not say it will fit around 9t cogs or bigger? thanks for your help though you saved me wasting my money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshywa Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 But on the website does it not say it will fit around 9t cogs or bigger? thanks for your help though you saved me wasting my money. it fits around a 9 tooth driver IF you run a large diameter front ring e.g. 28 tooth (means less teeth have to sit on the rear cog because of the angle the chain sits at) i think it has shorter links or something good luck what ever you go for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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