Originally Posted by
KrispyK
Was browsing zero friction cycling. He does lube testing and chain wear testing. He is doing some chain strength testing and tested some Izumi chains. Surprisingly they were not any stronger than road chains in his tests. I was under the assumption that 1/8" chains were stronger than 3/32" and 11/128".
anecdotally I broke a 710sl at the master link doing a standing start a couple a months ago, switched to Izumi after that.
Link:
https://zerofrictioncycling.com.au/chain_tensile/
Thinking about it, the weak "link" on bicycle chains will be the pins. I can't say that I've ever seen a plate of a chain break, or even heard of it happening. I'd guess there's not really any difference in the materials/technology used in pins for road vs track chains