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The OEM Zuki chain is an EK I believe, and it is available for around $100.
I'm sure that like most competing products, they all closly monitor each other for any major advances and then do similar if they feel there is a marked advantage.
Now, you likely find large variances in quality, materials, and service life as you go away from the OEM or top tier products. As you drop into the unknown world of self branded products (like say, Cycle Gear and it's ORBIT line of chains) you are unsure of the country or company of origin. I'll pick on the ORBIT line since I brought it up. I looked online searching for users talking about the ORBIT line and found that they are NOT a good chain for a long service life. O-Rings tearing apart and falling out and links welding themselves solid seems to be a common theme.
I'm pretty happy with OEM replacements that seem to last as expected. My OEM Zuki chain is being replaced this weekend at over 18K miles, I am going with another OEM zuki unit.
I'm sure that like most competing products, they all closly monitor each other for any major advances and then do similar if they feel there is a marked advantage.
Now, you likely find large variances in quality, materials, and service life as you go away from the OEM or top tier products. As you drop into the unknown world of self branded products (like say, Cycle Gear and it's ORBIT line of chains) you are unsure of the country or company of origin. I'll pick on the ORBIT line since I brought it up. I looked online searching for users talking about the ORBIT line and found that they are NOT a good chain for a long service life. O-Rings tearing apart and falling out and links welding themselves solid seems to be a common theme.
I'm pretty happy with OEM replacements that seem to last as expected. My OEM Zuki chain is being replaced this weekend at over 18K miles, I am going with another OEM zuki unit.