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Shopping Tips For Chains

If you think about the sheer force that a bicycle chain must endure, it's an amazing feat of engineering and design. Truly, a bike chain is only as strong as its weakest link! The good news is, you rarely hear of a chain failure, and if you do, it will usually be due to misuse, rust, corrosion, or some other user-related error. By and large, bike chains are as solid a part of your bike as you'll find. There are chain tools which are meant specifically for taking links out of your chain, or for dropping your chain in the event you want to properly clean it. On that front, there are all sorts of contraptions which can be used as a chain cleaner, most often a box design that you place around the bike chain and fill with a liquid cleaner. When you spin your crankset, turning the chain, the chain is cleaned as it passed through the box's bristles and interior scrubbing brushes.

When it comes to chain sizing, you have to select your bike chain carefully. For instance, in the Shimano lineup of chains, the difference between a 9-speed and 10-speed chain is just 2mm of width. But you have to get the right size chain for your bike drivetrain setup. When you install a new chain, you can use a chain tensioner in order to make sure that you won't get too much chain sag once installed. You can also put a chain guard on your bike in order to protect your pants leg or shoelaces from getting caught up and chewed up by your chain when it rolls through the crankset.

One of the greatest chain innovations, in our view, is the SRAM Powerlink. This is a special link which you can use to remove a SRAM chain from your bike at the pinch of your fingers. Most SRAM chains are sold with this special link included. Gone are the days of pushing out a chain pin in order to drop and clean your bicycle chain, and then, having to buy a bag of 5 replacement chain pins in order to reinstall your chain. As well, it was always hard to be sure if you get that new chain pin in just right. With the SRAM Powerlink (or Superlink, or Gold Link), it takes just a few seconds to join your chain together and click it into place. There is a special SRAM pin remover tool which seems to be almost necessary with the newest SRAM chains, since that Powerlink special link can be hard to undo with bare fingers. All in all, the SRAM lineup of chains is a good one to look at for road bikes, tri bikes, and mountain bikes.

The most popular chains are:

  • SRAM
  • Shimano
  • Campagnolo
  • Sachs
  • Wipperman
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SRAM PC-1 Single-Speed Chain
SRAM PC-1 Single-Speed Chain
Retailer: Bike Nashbar
Price: $9.99 - 33% off
KMC X9 Sl 9 Speed Chain
KMC X9 Sl 9 Speed Chain
Retailer: Cambria Bike
Price: $62.91 - 26% off
SHIMANO CN-HG74 MTB 10 SPEED CHAIN
SHIMANO CN-HG74 MTB 10 SPEED CHAIN
Retailer: Jenson USA
Price: $33.95 - 24% off
SRAM PC-1071 10-Speed Chain
SRAM PC-1071 10-Speed Chain
Retailer: Bike Tires Direct
Price: $52.99 - 22% off
SRAM PC1091R 10speed chain
SRAM PC1091R 10speed chain
Retailer: Tri Sports
Price: $65.99 - 21% off
SRAM PC-870 6/7/8-Speed Chain
SRAM PC-870 6/7/8-Speed Chain
Retailer: Bike Tires Direct
Price: $20.99 - 16% off
Shimano XT HG 93 9 Speed Chain
Shimano XT HG 93 9 Speed Chain
Retailer: Blue Sky Cycling
Price: $28.98 - 9% off
SRAM Power Chain PC-1051 10-speed Bike Chain 114 Links
SRAM Power Chain PC-1051 10-speed Bike Chain 114 Links
Retailer: Bikewagon
Price: $35.99 - 5% off
SRAM PC-1091R 10SPD Hollowpin Chain
SRAM PC-1091R 10SPD Hollowpin Chain
Retailer: Jenson USA
Price: $53.99 - 5% off
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Price
Site
Product
$76.50
Cambria Bike
Campagnolo Record C10 Ultra Chain
$33.00
$36.00
$21.99
Excel Sports
Cycle Loft
Bike Nashbar
SRAM PC-1051 10 Speed Chain
$39.98
Price Point
Shimano XT HG94 10 Speed Chain
$44.99
Cambria Bike
Shimano 105 CN-5701 Chain
$18.99
Jenson USA
Shimano Ig-70 8 Speed Chain
$62.99
Cambria Bike
Shimano Dura Ace Cn 7901 Chain
$12.50
Jenson USA
SHIMANO HG40 8-SPEED CHAIN
$54.98
Price Point
Shimano Dura ace 7900 10s Chain
$71.99
Bike Tires Direct
Campagnolo Veloce 10-speed Chain
$39.95
$39.95
Tri Village
My Cycling Gear
Shimano Ultegra 9sp Chain
$30.00
$35.95
Jenson USA
My Cycling Gear
SHIMANO HG-91 HYPERGLIDE CHAIN
$49.95
Cambria Bike
SRAM Pc-1090 Powerchain
$41.99
Bike Tires Direct
Shimano 105 CN-5600 10-speed Road Chain
$64.95
Jenson USA
KMC X10SL 10 Speed Chain
$37.99
Bike Tires Direct
KMC X10.93 10-Speed Chain
$59.95
Cambria Bike
SRAM Pc-1090R Powerchain
$18.00
Jenson USA
SRAM PC850 6/7/8 SPEED CHAIN
$15.99
Cambria Bike
KMC Freestyle Extreme Bmx Chain
$69.95
Cambria Bike
KMC X10Sl Chain
$119.99
Bike Tires Direct
Wippermann Connex 10S1 SS 10-speed Chain
$29.99
Cambria Bike
IRD Pro 991 Hollow Pin Chain
$59.99
$70.00
Bike Tires Direct
Cambria Bike
Campagnolo Record C9 Chain
$28.00
Jenson USA
 
$64.99
Bike Tires Direct
SRAM PC-1091R 10-Speed Chain
$49.99
Cambria Bike
Campagnolo Veloce 10Sp Chain
$21.00
Jenson USA
KMC MZ9000 / X9.93 9SP Chain
$24.50
Jenson USA
KMC X9.99 9 SPEED CHAIN
$16.95
Comcycle USA
KMC Z72 Bike Chain 7/8 Speed
$37.00
Cambria Bike
SRAM PC-1031 Chains
$43.00
Cambria Bike
SRAM PC-1051 Chains
$64.99
Bike Tires Direct
Wippermann Connex 9sX 9-Speed Chain
$84.00
Cambria Bike
SRAM PC-1091R Chains
$39.99
$57.99
Bike Nashbar
Bike Tires Direct
SRAM PC-1091 10-Speed Chain
$34.99
Jenson USA
SRAM PC 870 6/7/8 SPEED CHAIN
$72.00
Cambria Bike
SRAM PC-1071 Chains
$22.99
Jenson USA
CHARGE MASHER CHAIN
$16.95
Comcycle USA
KMC Z51 Bike Chain 6/7 Speed
$13.87
Jenson USA
Miche Pista Track Chain
$36.99
Bike Tires Direct
SRAM PC-1031 10-Speed Chain
$42.90
Jenson USA
KMC X-10 TI CHAIN
$31.99
Bike Tires Direct
KMC DX10SC 10-Speed Chain
$52.99
Cambria Bike
Wippermann Connex 10S8 Chain
$88.99
Cambria Bike
Wippermann Connex 9S1 Chain
$5.62
Jenson USA
KMC Single Speed Chains
$10.95
Jenson USA
KMC X8.93 Chain
$15.00
Jenson USA
 
$36.95
Cambria Bike
IRD 9 Speed Chain
$14.99
33% off   $9.99
$12.95
Performance Bike
Bike Nashbar
Cambria Bike
SRAM PC-1 Single-Speed Chain
$15.95
Cambria Bike
Sharp Hardcore Bmx Chainwheel
$49.95
Cambria Bike
Wippermann Connex 905 Chain
$29.95
Cambria Bike
KMC Dx10S Chain
$31.99
Bike Tires Direct
SRAM PC-971 9-speed Chain
$8.09
QBike
Sunlite Horn Bugle CP
$14.95
Comcycle USA
SRAM Chain PC-1 Speed 1/8 Nickel
$18.00
Jenson USA
SRAM POWER LINK FOR 8SPD
$18.50
Jenson USA
Shimano Hg-50 Hyperglide Chain
$22.99
Bike Tires Direct
SRAM PC-7X 1/8" Single Speed Chain
$34.95
Comcycle USA
KMC DX10SC Bike Chain 10 Speed
$39.95
Cambria Bike
IRD Black Lightening Chain
$39.99
Bike Tires Direct
SRAM PC-1050 10-Speed Chain
$42.95
Comcycle USA
SRAM Chain PC-1051 Speed PC1051
$42.99
$36.00
$43.00
Bike Tires Direct
Cycle Loft
Jenson USA
SRAM PC-1051 10-Speed Chain
$45.95
Comcycle USA
SRAM Chain PC-991 9 Speed PC991
$45.99
Bike Tires Direct
SRAM PC-991 9-speed Chain
$49.95
My Cycling Gear
Shimano XTR CN-7701 9spd Chain
$53.00
Excel Sports
SRAM PC-1071 10 Speed Chain
$54.95
Cambria Bike
Wippermann Connex 1G8 Bmx Chain
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