9 and 10 speed work only with those chains. 1-8 works with a different chain/link.
Sram links do *not* work on Shimano chains, but KMC links will work on Shimano an obviously KMC. I don't know any more than that. Glad the lead helped! I need to get some myself, and probably some MSOs! Jenson crew is good people. About five of them rode the Redlands Strada Rossa in March! Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On 06/06/2014 06:28 PM, Evan wrote: > > And will a master link that works on an 8-speed chain also work on a >> 9-speed chain? I ask because I have a 9-speed SRAM chain on my Sam and a >> KMC 8-speed chain on my old Miyata mountain bike. Would love to buy a few >> KMC master links--of the same size--to keep handy and to use on any chain >> that needs fixing. Is this possible? >> > > No it will not. The width of the 8 and 9 speed chains are different, and > so the master links are of different widths as well. (I've tried, with SRAM > links and SRAM chains. It doesn't work.) > > I have used a 3rd party master link (can't remember for sure, but may have > been a Wippermann) on a Shimano chain, instead of using the Shimano > break-away replacement pins. That worked great, and for many thousands of > miles. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
