Stolen Balland Half Link Chain Reviews
Review score: 8.7/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £15.99 – Save 33% (RRP: £23.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Stolen Balland Half Link Chain worthy of a review score of 8.7 out of 10.
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Stolen Balland Half Link Chain features
Stolen Balland Half Link Chain
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Spec 1
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Colour: Silver, Black Other Chains found with this Spec: 58 |
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Spec 2
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Size: 72 Links Other Chains found with this Spec: 1 |
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Spec 3
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Speed: Single Speed Other Chains found with this Spec: 82 |
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Feature 1
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Size: 1/2 x 1/8. Other Chains found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Links: 85 total. Other Chains found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Weight: 11oz (72 links). Other Chains found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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£15.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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7 |
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Review Score
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3.1 / 5 Average score in category: 4.1/5 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Chains. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Stolen Balland Half Link Chain.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Stolen Balland Half Link Chain is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Chains. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Chains. Brands like Stolen are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Chains category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Chains.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Stolen Balland Half Link Chain
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Stolen Balland Half Link Chain.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Stolen Balland Half Link Chain was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £15.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.3 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Chains
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Chains.
We found 168 in the Chains category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £26.83, making it below average at £15.99.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Chains. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £114.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £3.49.
With 168 products available we worked out that 108 cost more than Stolen Balland Half Link Chain and 57 were cheaper.
Cost of Stolen products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 60 products from Stolen, of which 1 were in the Chains category.
For now though we’re looking at Stolen branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £151.06 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Stolen product we found was £1.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £799.99.
Of the 60 from Stolen, 40 were more expensive than Stolen Balland Half Link Chain and 19 were cheaper.
How much are Stolen Chains?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Stolen products that are listed in the Chains category.
The average price of the 1 products that match this search was £15.99, with the cheapest coming in at £15.99 and highest price was £15.99. With the average being £15.99, Stolen Balland Half Link Chain comes in below average.
0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Stolen Balland Half Link Chain and 0 were cheaper.
Stolen Balland Half Link Chain Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Stolen Balland Half Link Chain reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Stolen Balland Half Link Chain, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.7 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Chains category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.1 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Stolen Balland Half Link Chain or another similar product, like FSA MTB Stamped M10 Chainring reviews or FSA Afterburner 386 MTB Chainring reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Chains.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Chains. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Stolen, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Stolen Balland Half Link Chain
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Stolen Balland Half Link Chain reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Stolen Balland Half Link Chain. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.7/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25350696727
- Product ID 2: 360570UK
- Brand: Stolen
- Model number: S675
- RRP: £23.99
- EAN: 811652016758
- Description: Stolen Balland Half Link Chain Stolen have revisited their half link chain to improve upon the strength and stretch resistance from the previous Shackle chain design.The Balland chain will feature thicker side plates as well as hardened pins for a drastically more durable half link chain. Every chain is teflon coated for a smooth engagement and to provide wear resistance. There are 85 links to each Balland chain and a master pin for ease of installation. The rounded side plates are compatible with all driver size options currently available. The team has been testing this chain vigorously this past year and it has proven to hold up to everything they’ve been putting it through. High quality rounded side plates for compatibility with 8t and larger drivers. Half link design makes dialling in rear end length on short dropouts easier. The pins have been hardened for increased strength and the plates are thicker than your typical half link chain. Stolen Balland Half Link Chain Specifications: Size: 1/2 x 1/8. Links: 85 total. Weight: 11oz (72 links). Buy Stolen Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Components > Chains
- Savings percentage from RRP: 33%
- Size: 72 Links
- Unisex
- 8
- Adult
Other options for Chains
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Chains. 168 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Stolen Balland Half Link Chain included,
Rotor QX1 Narrow Wide Oval Chainring reviews, BLACK by Absoluteblack Narrow Wide Single Chainring reviews, or we really liked the look of BLACK by Absoluteblack Narrow Wide Oval MTB Single Chainring reviews as another alternative.