Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain Reviews

Review score: 9.4/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £22.99 – Save 38% (RRP: £36.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain worthy of a review score of 9.4 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Shimano
• Videos
• Summary
• Alternatives

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Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain features

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 Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed 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 Shimano 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.

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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 Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed 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 Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £22.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.9 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 £22.99.

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 80 cost more than Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain and 86 were cheaper.

Cost of Shimano products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 854 products from Shimano, of which 22 were in the Chains category.

For now though we’re looking at Shimano branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £94.29 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Shimano product we found was £1.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £1999.99.

Of the 854 from Shimano, 584 were more expensive than Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain and 258 were cheaper.

How much are Shimano Chains?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Shimano products that are listed in the Chains category.

The average price of the 22 products that match this search was £21.09, with the cheapest coming in at £4.99 and highest price was £50.00. With the average being £21.09, Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain comes in above average.

8 products that meet this search were more expensive than Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain and 13 were cheaper.

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Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed 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 Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.5 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 Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain or another similar product, like Shimano XTR M9100 12 Speed QuickLink Chain reviews or Shimano CN910 12 Speed Chain Quick Link 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.

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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 Shimano, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed 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 9.4/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010945655
• Product ID 2: 642292UK
• Brand: Shimano
• Model number: CNHG701116Q
• RRP: £36.99
• EAN: 4524667906803
• Description: Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed ChainReady for clocking up the miles, this versatile bike chain gives you smooth and reliable performance on your road bike or mountain bike. It features a durable stainless steel construction, which is ready for the demands of long distance road journeys and tough trails. Shimano has also equipped this model with a Quick Link, which means that you’ll benefit from fast and tool-free chain assembly.Features: Material:¬†Stainless Steel Number of Links:¬†116 Type:¬†HG-X11 Pin Link Plate:¬†SIL-Tec Roller Link Plate:¬†SIL-Tec Roller:¬†SIL-Tec Use: Road and MTB Adjustable: Yes Quicklink: Yes Compatibility: 11-speed road bike drivetrains Outer plate design has been developed to reduce the chance of chain suck Sil-Tec surface treatment technology (PTFE plating) on inner and outer links that is smooth running and increases durability Zinc-Alloy plated outer links The inner plate has been developed for better contact with gears providing smoother shifting under high load, giving efficient pedalling, increased rigidity and near silent running 5.62mm chain width, optimised for 11-speed Super Narrow HG-EV drivetrains Comes complete with Quick Link, which enables fast tool-free chain assembly Weight:¬†257gA 2-year warranty is offered with all Shimano products from Chain Reaction Cycles (3 years on Dura-Ace and XTR products).Buy Shimano Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Components > Chains
• Savings percentage from RRP: 38%
• Size: 116 Links
• Unisex
• 14
• Adult

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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 Shimano Ultegra XT HG701 11 Speed Chain included,
Shimano UG51 6-7-8 Speed Chain Quick Link reviews, Shimano SLX M7100 12 Speed Chain reviews, or we really liked the look of Shimano XT M8100 12 Speed Chain reviews as another alternative.