Recommend me a 10 speed chains......

[smokeysmoo]

I find the X10 a very reliable chain, seems to last much longer then any Shimano I have had.

One X10 chain arrived today from High on Bikes When I checked the chain on my winter bike I hadn't realised but that's an X10 too

 

[youngoldbloke]

I went back to a Campag Veloce chain after this happened to an X10SL after less than 200 miles .....

 

[smokeysmoo]

I went back to a Campag Veloce chain after this happened to an X10SL after less than 200 miles .....

That's just happened to an Ultegra chain, but I can only put it down to bad re-fitting on my part after changing my jockey wheels as the Ultegra chain had done less than 1000 miles

I won't entertain Campag chains as they are just ridiculously fiddly IME.

 

[slowmotion]

According to wiggle the X10 is 6.2mm

The connex-wipperman sx10 I had on my old bike were 5.9mm

Personally, I wouldn't get this one as the extra 0.3mm might cause noise (if wiggle is right of course)

I'm fairly sure that KMC X10 chain is 5.88 mm wide. They used to be 6.2mm a few years ago, but KMC reduced the width.

 

[HLaB]

I'm fairly sure that KMC X10 chain is 5.88 mm wide. They used to be 6.2mm a few years ago, but KMC reduced the width.

I think they done campy and shimano versions but now they've went with a universal width; the older kmc on my Bianchi (Campy) is 6.2mm whereas the brand new kmc on my Kinesis is 5.88mm.

 

[Sleeper]

SRAM 971 if you're a clean-chain freak like me 991 if not
Campy's need a special (and v.expensive!) breaker I believe???

 

[youngoldbloke]

Campy's need a special (and v.expensive!) breaker I believe???

- not the 10 speed ones. As I said I join them using a KMC link.
What do you mean by 'fiddly', smokeysmoo? Do you mean visually or physically? I think the KMC chain I had problems with was a 'friday afternoon' one. I would have returned it to the supplier, but I had bought it on offer at a good price and kept it 'in stock' for a couple of years before using it. AFIK it was fitted absolutely correctly, but started to fail well under 200 miles - I thought the indexing was out when the chain started skipping, and was surprised to find the sideplate damaged - noticed when lubing the chain. Lucky I caught it before it failed completely.