Street Cowboy
11-23-2004, 08:56 PM
i got the chain maby a month or so ago. it was an impulse buy becouse my existing chain had streached way out an far from home. i havent had a problem with ithe shadow chain yet. infact the chain is so strong it has defeated me. ill get back to that. and for thoes of you who do not know it is a chain of half links.
retailing in canada for i believe $54 it is very expensive. it comes in a handy nice tin with extra links and pins. when new the chain smells and tastes like crayons (i read another review where the guy tasted it and well just had to see for myself). the chain will not work on micro gearing that means 25/9 gearing is out of the question.
the company states that the pin's and plates are heat treated thus making them 5x as strong as run of the mill pins. and increases the tensile strength by 2 fold. all i know id the thing is strong.. very resistant to streching and bending.
about a week ago i got a flat and wanted to remove my back wheel to replace my tube. well becouse of how my bike is set up and becouse the chain is so strong. i cold not get it off my chain wheel. not after all the pulling twisting and prying did it budge. so i patched the tube and decided i needed a new chain tool. appart from that im not the hardest rider in the world but i have done quite a few dirty grinds that would of bent out or busted any other chain
the people at shadow conspiracy say you should get a ct7 or stronger chain tool if you want to work on it.. anything ells will run the chance of breaking. so if you pick this chain up make shure you get the tool aswell.
all in all i think its a great chain.. maby a bit gimicky but still i am happy i got one. i would like to see the price come down.
i give this product an 7 out of 10. if it cost a reasonable amount of money it would be perfect.
retailing in canada for i believe $54 it is very expensive. it comes in a handy nice tin with extra links and pins. when new the chain smells and tastes like crayons (i read another review where the guy tasted it and well just had to see for myself). the chain will not work on micro gearing that means 25/9 gearing is out of the question.
the company states that the pin's and plates are heat treated thus making them 5x as strong as run of the mill pins. and increases the tensile strength by 2 fold. all i know id the thing is strong.. very resistant to streching and bending.
about a week ago i got a flat and wanted to remove my back wheel to replace my tube. well becouse of how my bike is set up and becouse the chain is so strong. i cold not get it off my chain wheel. not after all the pulling twisting and prying did it budge. so i patched the tube and decided i needed a new chain tool. appart from that im not the hardest rider in the world but i have done quite a few dirty grinds that would of bent out or busted any other chain
the people at shadow conspiracy say you should get a ct7 or stronger chain tool if you want to work on it.. anything ells will run the chance of breaking. so if you pick this chain up make shure you get the tool aswell.
all in all i think its a great chain.. maby a bit gimicky but still i am happy i got one. i would like to see the price come down.
i give this product an 7 out of 10. if it cost a reasonable amount of money it would be perfect.