All about BMX Bike Chains | Which one is best for YOU??

All about BMX Bike Chains | Which one is best for YOU??
BMX chains are a finicky group. Half Link, Full Link, Hollow Pin, Solid Pin, Hollow Plate, Titanium, 3/32nds, 1/8" , what chain is right for you? Which chain is the best BMX Chain for you? Well come on it and see which of the BMX chains is the best for you! Everything you want to know about BMX chains is inside... Come on in!!!
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[@BigBikeBMX]

When in doubt - go change your chain. You're worth it. Tonight, we're practicing at Chandler BMX!

[@SupercrossBMX.]

Always!! If in doubt... change it...

[@chriss2928]

10-4 Big Mike

[@bryantsutton2915]

Practice is rained out at Pearland BMX tonight, so indoor skate sesh at Southside Skatepark. Friday off to Rockstar Energy if the weather is good, Saturday pump track in Sugarland.

[@SupercrossBMX.]

Sounds like you have an amazing week regardless of the rain! Keep shredding! Have fun!

[@jamiemacfaralne6774]

Great video, very informative and easy to understand, we have just got in from our track in Peterborough UK… all of us on Supercross ❤

[@SupercrossBMX.]

Yes the UK in the House!!! Thank you for the kind words! I always wonder if I am just speaking to the air.. and if it makes any sense. Glad you are loving your Supercross'

[@chriss2928]

shout out to you from "Lone Star Bmx " San Antonio TX and as always thank you Bill ! for yrs now i have ran scram pc-830 and preformed great 😉

[@SupercrossBMX.]

Lone Star BMX!! Awesome!! You are welcome! And the SRAM chains always seem to run smooth!!

[@fifteenbmx9051]

Glasgow was awesome Bill! :)

[@appaloosaman9616]

I’m scared to put on a new chain 😂 and I definitely wouldn’t put it on right before a major race. I would want to run it for at least 3-5 races before a major event. I’ve only had one chain break on me so far and it was a brand new chain my bike shop sponsor installed that morning before my race. I took off out of the gate went into the first corner and woke up in bed trying to figure out how I got there and what place I took last night. It took a while to piece the rest of the night back together but I made it around the second turn and was pedaling up the big double and on my last pedal stroke before I jumped the chain snapped and I flew up slowly turned upside down and came down on my temple. I regained enough memory of that night that here 25 years later I can still see the ground coming up then black and not much more after that. I’m not sure why it broke it’s to long ago but I still have a fear of it happening again so I tend to treat every new chain as if it might snap and try to test them as much as possible things like putting on a lot of torque in soft areas such as a lawn until it gains my trust. Guess I might have a little ptsd from it 😂. But great video I actually learned a lot from it. Thank!!!

[@SupercrossBMX.]

Sorry that happened to you, and if someone installs a chain improperly, that can happen, a pin pushed in too far, or not far enough. All your torque load is going through those small links of steel. Glad you are ok now and still riding… keep having fun!

[@gertmzazi7701]

Another "thingie" is a strait chainline. I rode 29/9t on my raceframe (with freestyle cranks/hubs) The torque from gates comes at a completely different angle at your chain and gues what.. Yup, 3th practice at full speed it snapped in half, resulting in an unwanted fronty over them bars (and the bar strait in my lower ribs were it fractured all kind of things, luckily no organ damage but i learnt my lesson to not do that ever again... (and it wasn't even a cheap chain) So be carefull pls all of ya and keep schredding 🙏🏾🚲❤️

[@SupercrossBMX.]

We cover chainline all the time… you have to have a straight chainline…. Super super important

[@TheSasquatchNation]

🤟 Steel Wheels BMX in Indiana. Rock City in Rockford, Michigan.

[@SupercrossBMX.]

Steel Wheels!! Tell Jackie and the Crew Hello!! And Rock City!!! Awesome!! a 2fer!!!

[@TheSasquatchNation]

@@SupercrossBMX. will do 🤙

[@gotmoto]

In a situation like KJ had recently when a pin worked it’s way out, would it be safe to reset/change the pin? Or should the chain be replaced? Thanks again for the awesome videos!

[@SupercrossBMX.]

Best to replace the chain, when the pin works it way out the plates are stretched and you are risking life and limb if you don’t

[@TheBeastNasty]

What's the best brand half link that I could find in black?

[@SupercrossBMX.]

No relation or sponsorship - These are pretty good - www.sparkysbrands.com/products/shadow-interlock-race-3-32-chain-v-2

[@jcbenson01]

That half link adder… will that work on virtually any conventional full link chain?

[@SupercrossBMX.]

It works on most. But check your particular chain to make sure.

[@jcbenson01]

@@SupercrossBMX. I tried ordering a half link link in bith 3/32 and 1/8 and both were way too big to fit my traditional 3/32 chain. Stumped.

[@domone1201]

Went with a solid pin after watching Barry Nobles almost die.

[@SupercrossBMX.]

You don't want to skimp on strength on the powertrain. It is called the POWER train for a reason. Why skimp there....

[@Jackbaker99]

I need to replace my chain lol

[@SupercrossBMX.]

Do it! Check your chain, check your chain….