I thought the pricing for this was just a typo. The pros just use standard chains. I recall an interview with Steve Bauer's mechanic before Paris-Roubaix. When he was asked how he would clean the chain after the race, he said he wouldn't clean it, just replace it - and they used normal chains and tended to replace them on a regular basis
"ZeeExSixAre" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...
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What is so great about a chain that somebody would spend $400 on one?
Somehow I suspect that the weight-saving hollow pins and the clever holes in the side plates of these expensive chains fill up with oil, wax, and grime. It would be interesting to have someone weigh one at the end of a ride.
Just to add my 2cents... if you want to save weight, cut down on the munchies... it is a far cheaper and more effective method.
Of course, you'd need a postal scale, since chains weigh only about 235 to 310 grams. Wearing a watch or sunglasses might well wipe out all that high-tech advantage.
Carl Fogel
Hmm, I wonder how much the hair on my head weighs? A hair cut most certainly costs less than this chain.
I've seen many prefectly good helmets int eh $25-$50 range, so $50-$100 seems expensive to me. Especially when you consider that the expensive helmets do not provide any more protection than the cheap ones.
According to some reports, the cheaper helmets actually do better in the impact tests. It seems they aren't engineered to be as light as possible and still just barely meet the standard.
That might be true, but one thing that ~$60-$100 range helmets used to have a few years ago was a lot more ventilation. I haven't had to look into new helmets in 5-6 years, so that might have changed now, but it was a big issue for someone like me who needs as much cooling as possible.
Still true. Apparently, more ventilation often is achieved at the expense of impact protection. In my case, the Houston summer heat isn't as debilitating as it might be for someone from a cooler climate. (I grew up where the summers were longer and the humidity higher.)
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