Great looking high-spec colour-coordinated chain. It's your money, and your bike will look the business. That's the real reason to buy one over a pro-level chain from a major groupset manufacturer for less than half the price. Over most real world road bike chain lengths weight savings are typically around 10 to 15grams vs YBN SLA, 15 to 25g vs some of the heavier top level chains. the cassettes themselves vary a little in width, but by only about 2mm as you can see. It is a lot prettier, though, assuming you keep it clean. negative ghost rider if we're talking about shimano, there are no differences in thickness between 10 and 11-speed sprockets, but it's 2.35mm vs 2.15mm for the respective built-in spacers.thus the need for a special 11-sp chain. Is it better than a SRAM Red or Shimano Dura-Ace chain, both of which weigh about the same and can be had for less than £30? Well, not really. You won't need a wet lube, though, because you'll be leaving that bike in the garage if it's raining, right? If you want to keep the coloured links looking good it's best to use a wax lube that doesn't pick up too much dirt. Once it's on, shifting performance is good and the chain runs nice and quietly with positive and reliable shifts between sprockets and chainrings. It's simple to fit too, as it includes a KMC Missing Link 11-speed connector. That means you can match it to your nice posh race bike and it'll look the business. The chain's available with inner plates in a range of colours: black, blue, red, green, celeste, orange, pink and yellow.

Find your nearest dealer here Buy this online here The X11SL has other high-end chain features too: the inner and outer link plates are all hollow, as are the pins, meaning that it's light for a chain at 240g for 116 links.

And if that's what you want, and you're okay with the salty £90 price tag (around £60 online), then the good news is that this is also a really good chain.ĭLC stands for 'Diamond Like Coating' which is a hard coating KMC applies to the chain to reduce abrasion and wear. Let's be honest, you'll only be eyeing up the X11SL DLC chain if you have a posh bike and you want a flash colour-coordinated chain to finish it off.

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