If you are building a "bent on speed" model then go for the weight reduction...if you have the
wallet for it. If you running panniers, a rear rack and carrying a Park Pro Mechanic tool set with
you....Whats the point?
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> You mean benefit mentally or performance wise. I think the main benefit is to SRAM. Actually I'm
> not disparaging your question. As a closet WW, oops I mean ww, smaller case is lighter I've
> considered the same chain, especially after riding my DF and realizing how much more agile the I
> think it was Earl the Bent Brat that posted a bunch of weight saving parts a few months back and I
> printed it and still reference it. I think the PC-99H was on that list. Here's a ti chain that
> saves an additional 41 (270gms for PC99H, 229 for ti) so for three it's a total of @240 vs std
> chain. Costs a bit more though ($275)
http://www.vikinginternational.com/specs.htm You know every
> little bit adds up but when I'm about to spend $100 to save 120gms I realize a good dump will save
> that much, maybe even more, for free ;-) bill g
>
> "Cletus D. Lee" wrote:
>
> > I see that I can save a whole 40 grams of weight on a Recumbent length chain be going to the
> > Hollow Pin Version. Is Anyone using this lighter chain? Any known negatives? What real advantage
> > does this chain have over the std PC-99? (besides 1.5 oz.). My current PC-99 chain weighs
> > 22.3 oz. Will I benefit any by going to a 21 oz. chain?
> >
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