I've gone through real pain because of chain issues in the past, realllly bad one time, and ever since I've ridden my chains a bit loose and stuck with KMC 410 and 510 series chains because I'm able to afford swapping them out frequently enough that I always feel I have a new-ish chain on the bike, have never had an issue since.
My only reservations are that I'm seeing the 410 and 510 seem to be on the weaker end of the spectrum, should that be a concern? I'm not a heavy rider but I'm strong and put a ton of stress on my chain.. Am also the type that really loves a tight bike, and the one part that's never to my liking is the chain being kept a little loose, but I never pull that rear wheel any further back because I'm afraid of putting any stress on the chain!
Any thoughts/tips on this would be great, I don't know if I could/should approach this differently or just keep-on the way I've been doing. I intend to go LHD at some point to reduce nailing the chain, but that's not in the cards just yet.
