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@Bike_Destroyer
Be a little bit careful with YBN chains. I bought one about 4-5 years ago (a half-link one) for £10. It ran perfectly on my bmx, which means I gave it a beating, and then after 2 years it snapped twice in a week. This is fair enough, what pisses me off is that I bought one recently and the quality of them now is half of what it used to be. They're now built to such low tolerances that you can almost make the chain go in a cicrle sideways. I've had a few that seem a little lose, but the last YBN I had was just rediculous. This is not something you want on a fixed gear when you demand a lot of a chain and need it to stay straight.
So I went out and bought the standard KMC kool chain for about £11-12 and it's perfect. It needs a clean, yes, but other than that runs excellently. I run them on my fixed and my bmx.