SRAM PG970 Road 9 Speed Cassette

Its a snap for this Powerchain

Advantages: Cheap, shifts well, excellent joining link
Disadvantages: Can suffer chain breakages

-snap-snap Derailleur systems have over the years added more and more gears to the clusters. A few years ago 8 speed was cutting edge. Now 9 speed is standard for mountain bikes, and road bikes have hit 11 speed. Initially extra gears were accommodated simply by adding more cogs to the cluster. Making the wheels wider and dishing them more squeezed on another gear. 9 speed and above needed thinner cogs, and ever narrower chains. If you read the reviews on 8 speed chains, there are virtually no complaints about chains snapping. Read the reviews for 9 speed chains used on mountain bikes and you get problems with chains snapping. They typically break under low pedalling pressure, and after the chain has been in use for a few months. I have not read a satisfactory explanation as to how a chain could snap like that. You can not break a chain simply by ...

fred_redwood 11.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of SRAM PC951 9 Speed Chain Grey 114 Link

Fairly good value but limited durability

Advantages: Cheapish
Disadvantages: Heavy, Poor durability

OK, let's start by clearing up one thing here which I bet at least 90% of the people reading this review will be asking: What's a cassette? Well, a cassette is one of those incredibly boring things on a bike that doesn't look posh, and which your average bike owner would probably never even think about buying. So, take a look at the back wheel of any geared mountain bike or road bike. See that set of between five and nine cogs? That's a sprocket cluster or cassette. So, why would anyone buy such a thing? Simple. A bike in regular use gradually deteriorates, and the drivetrain (front and rear cogs and chain) is no exception. The chain stretches, and this causes the teeth on the cassette to wear down. This eventually leads to the chain jumping under load, and until I could manage to get the money together to buy a new ...

Pritch 07.01.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Shimano HG50 Deore 9speed Cassette

Speed

Advantages: Action packed bomb movie
Disadvantages: none really

. Would I recommend watching this???? Yes I certainly would. In all, a great movie with enough action to keep the audience wondering what lies around the corner. The story is well written and the action is good. It is well acted by all, especially Dennis Hopper who plays his role as the mad bomber to perfection, almost as if he was a real life mad man with a knowledge of explosives. **Speed movie official sound track.** Speed by Billy Idol Mr Speed by Kiss Like a motorway by Saint Etienne Rescue me by Pat Benatar Hard road by Rod Stewart Cot by Carnival Strippers Crash by Ric Ocasek Go outside and drive by Blues Traveler A million miles away by Plimsouls Cars by Gary Numan Let's go for a drive by Cracker Soul Deep by Gin Blossoms ...

blissman70 25.06.2008 · Read full review
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