 OK just reading another thread and this pops up now and then, what do you think whick one is best? I reckon Shimano, never had one snap ever shift better than SRAM not much but enough to notice, oh and the link plate for SRAM is a load of WA*K, never come apart!!
And before anyone says i obviously ride in the sunshine, in the granny ring and always on the flat, i put my bike through some shit i can tell you wind rain mud up down whatever, and shimano have never let me down, with anything come to think about it (except the 858 pedals but we won't mention that!)
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 SRAM every time.
Shall say no more on the subject.
AP
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 SRAM,SRAM, SRAM, SRAM, SRAM, SRAM,SRAM, SRAM, ...SRAM ... lovely SRAM
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 Sram.
Or Rohloff, apparently.
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 I'm going to go with the masses this time, and say SRAM.
I've had lots of broken Shimano chains, and only 1 broken SRAM one.
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 I use an SRAM but i'm not too keen - the powerlink vapourised while doing DH in the alps last month, the chain went flying!
I've never got such good shifting out of my PC59 as I had from LX chains, too.
However, the thing with having to use special pins to rejoin Shimano chains is a good enough reason to avoid them (though I found LX chains could usually cope with reusing pins, XT definately can't)
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I want to try a rohloff.
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 SRAM (sachs/sedis whatever!) no pin no hassle. Done
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sram.
I broke a shimano after very few miles on a new bike, they wear quicker, and get very sloppy shifting sooner.
I have had the sram link give up the ghost, but only after it has been used on numerous chains, and the plus is the chain can just be rejoined by a chain tool
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Im usin the pwr link, and so far its been faultless.
Ive bent my cranks around, (little metal stick is not centered) but the chains still fine.
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SRAM - PC99 fucking beautiful bit of kit, last for ages in all sorts of gloop and shite and last week I got three of them for the princely sum of $23 each...
A chain you can take apart to clean using just your fingers....
A chain that I've never broken (two Xt xhains gave up the ghost - one on a inner ring climb and the other on a long large ring fire-road - fuck that shimano wank)
They make fucking brilliant cars
Mitsubishi lancer Evo 5
Nissan pathfinder SE
but they can't make chains for shit nor supper!!!!!!!!
A few people rave about Rohloff chains - although at $40 a pop I think I'll stick with my SRAM PC99s
:)
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 SRAM. Never had a problem with an SRAM chain that wasn't old, rusty and worn - at which stage anybodys chain will fail.
In contrast the last Shimano chained bike I used was that Trek 90 at the Red Bull. It was brand new, unused at the start of the lap - about 5 miles later the chain snapped. Need I say more?
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 Andy,
When you know how the Powerlink plate comes of really easily. Put the chain on the small spockets, (so less tension in chain) and squeeze the sides of the powerlink together with thumb and forefinger , whilst pushing the chains links together with the other hand.
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SRAM rule!
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 SRAM PC99 everytime...simply the best chain i have ever used...
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 Not had a problem with the Shimano XT chain on the Scott, so I would be happy to use them again. That said, I have stuck a PC68 (? - about £17) on the Inbred and shall see how I get along with it! I like the link system I have to say!
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 S'funny how people i know that have used Sachs chains will actually admit to them breaking, but always say things like "but it was a re-join", or "I made it too short". Whereas with Shimano chains it's always "what a load of shit" etc. etc.
IMO both these types of chain are pretty good at what they do. I've never had a broken Shimano chain, I've always kept the spare black pin in my puncture repair kit, and i've never understood why people think it's such a faff. Stick it in, Break it off, works everytime.
Sachs, also make pretty good chains, admittedly i've only ever tried it once, but it did what it said on the tin. personally i found the splitting thingy a bit tricky, perhaps it's just me.
Anyhow, here comes a bandwagon, i think i'll jump on.
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 I've used sachs/sedis/sram for years with few problems. Every time i've used a shimano or kmc i've cursed my stupidity - broken chains and large amounts of stretch.
I tend not to use the power link coz I carry tools!
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 sram, i use the pc48's (about £8-10) and they last fine.
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I've used sachs/sedis/SRAM for 12 years on all types of bikes without a single prob. I used a Shimano chain once and it snapped, even with using the propper snap pin, a 7 mile walk home was enough to make me never buy another one.
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