Has this popped up around here yet? I saw a little blurb in a Cyclingtips article. Is KMC doing some Dan Kennison magic to their chain for such a low price? That's the chain on my Trek Fuel, but I can't say I thought past 'gold' and the fact I have never had a problem with a KMC chain.
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As a teaser for an article in the works, Kerin chooses to use a different chain depending on whether he’s training or racing. “[The] SRAM Eagle XX1 / AXS chains are the longest-lasting in the world, but they have been tested by two separate independent labs as being very slow.” For racing, Kerin chooses KMC’s Eagle x12 chain, “[which has been] tested as pretty much fastest chain to date, but is also extremely short-lived, with controlled machine testing being not too great, and field testing taking an average of 600km of mountain biking for it to reach .5% wear mark.”
According to Kerin, it’s a case of 4W versus 8W at 250W load. Stay tuned on this topic — an in-depth feature exclusive to CyclingTips is in the works.
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As a teaser for an article in the works, Kerin chooses to use a different chain depending on whether he’s training or racing. “[The] SRAM Eagle XX1 / AXS chains are the longest-lasting in the world, but they have been tested by two separate independent labs as being very slow.” For racing, Kerin chooses KMC’s Eagle x12 chain, “[which has been] tested as pretty much fastest chain to date, but is also extremely short-lived, with controlled machine testing being not too great, and field testing taking an average of 600km of mountain biking for it to reach .5% wear mark.”
According to Kerin, it’s a case of 4W versus 8W at 250W load. Stay tuned on this topic — an in-depth feature exclusive to CyclingTips is in the works.