shimano 10 speed
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Considering how much R&D went into the Dyna-Sys chains I would use it. It should shift alot better than the KMC.
I've been extremely impressed with the quality and strength of KMC X9 sl chains, and extremely un-impressed with Shimano chains in the fast. I'm currently recovering from a pretty major knee injury. If I were to crash or smash my knee off my shifter because of POS chain snapping then I'd likely fly to Japan and choke every shimano employee with that chain. I live on the east coast and the climate here is brutal on chains...strength/durability and longevity are as important or more important then lightning fast gear changes.
I just want to know if the the KMC is the road standard or mountain standard for 10 speed.
I just want to know if the the KMC is the road standard or mountain standard for 10 speed.
dyna-sys is its own ballgame. granted, as long as your chainring doesn't have any shift ramps you should be fine there; but dyna-sys cassettes must be used with the corresponding chains. if you want to use kmc, just use a 10spd sram cassette.
even with a Dyna-sys cassette????? I have always preferred Shimano cassettes. Its a tough call if I need to use a Sram cassette in order to use the KMC chain.
My trail bike has a single ring up front so there's no worries with front shifting.
It works even with a dyna sys cassette. I've got a spz camber that came stock with dyna sys components and a kmc chain and it's been flawless.
There's nothing magical about one cassette as compared to another. Shift ramp technology is old hat. If the spacing is right, all is well.
That said, KMC makes a ton of chains for Shimano and Sram. They manufacture 95% or some ridiculous majority of the bicycle chains sold today. It's mostly low-end stuff, but they know what they are doing.
Shimano cassettes used to wear out significantly slower than SRAM in my experience. Perhaps that has changed in the last year or two... ?
To answer your question yes you can use our KMC x10 chain on shimano dyna sys.
What I will suggest is to stay away from dyna-sys system. I have broken many shimano chains on that system. 3 shimano and 1 SRAM. I did not try the KMC on the system unfortantley, but I am told it too will most likely break. The reason being is that the teeth on the rings are to sharp and will tear apart chains. Which it did on the following chains all within 20 XC rides.
So if I were you I would look into something else. Sorry but I am only looking out for your knee. I would hate for you to put KMC on and have it break under hard shift.
What I will suggest is to stay away from dyna-sys system. I have broken many shimano chains on that system. 3 shimano and 1 SRAM. I did not try the KMC on the system unfortantley, but I am told it too will most likely break. The reason being is that the teeth on the rings are to sharp and will tear apart chains. Which it did on the following chains all within 20 XC rides.
So if I were you I would look into something else. Sorry but I am only looking out for your knee. I would hate for you to put KMC on and have it break under hard shift.
I will not be running Dyn-sys cranks/rings. I will be using the same setup as I used with 1x9..........e-13 guidring.
Is it true you can make it rain chains?
1 x 8 is where its at.