SRAM Force E1 Flattop 13-Speed Chain

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Brand	SRAM

SRAM is a privately owned American manufacturer of bicycle components, which can be found on all types of bicycle worldwide. They specialise in transmission, brake, suspension and wheel systems and offer their components under various other brand names such as Rockshox, Zipp, Quarq, Truvativ and Avid.

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SRAM's Force chain is lighter, stronger and even more durable. Flattop technology creates a quieter, longer lasting chain for long rides and countless shifts. The Force chain is compatible with 12-Speed road and 13-Speed gravel cassettes.

Technology

Hard Chrome

The SRAM Hard Chrome chain has four times the elongation (Wear) resistance to RockShox's other chains. This is due to the new finishing process on the inner links and rollers. Push pin strength and ultimate strength are equivalent to RockShox's current chains. The Hard Chrome chain lasts longer and is just as strong.

PowerLock

SRAM chain engineers developed PowerLock as a tool free, sure, and consistent way to connect SRAM's chains. While PL does not require special tools for install, the especially tight tolerances of and 11-Speed drivetrains mandate that each PowerLock is good for a one-time application only.

Flattop

To enable X-Range gearing technology, SRAM developed a narrower chain. The unique link shape of Flattop technology not only allowed for a wider gear range, but also results in quieter drivetrain operation and increased chain strength and durability.

What if you could add range to your drivetrain while also smoothing the gear progression with smaller differences in tooth count between neighboring gears? And what if you could gain that without losing drivetrain efficiency or having to replace your chain more frequently? SRAM's unique Flattop chain link design is a key element that makes all of these improvements possible.

To gain a wider gear range with smaller gearing steps, the chain has to get narrower. With Flattop, we’ve added material on the flat side of the chain plates to strengthen every link. The Hard Chrome surface treatment on the pins, inner plates, and rollers also extends the life of the chain and keeps it shifting precisely over the long haul. Additionally, Flattop chains feature longer wearing large diameter rollers that help deliver the same drivetrain efficiency as SRAM's 11-Speed drivetrains. All of these technologies together have enabled us to engineer a narrower 12-Speed chain that lasts 36% longer than SRAM's 11-Speed chains.

With the Flattop chain design it’s like having your cake and eating it too… except this cake actually helps you to be faster on the bike… and you don’t have to buy cake as often… There might be a better metaphor to explain it, but SRAM likes cake, so we’re sticking with it.

Features

Flattop technology allows for a narrower chain with quieter operation and increased strength and durability
Hard Chrome plated inner link plates and rollers for reduced wear and prolonged life
Cut-outs in inner and outer link plates for weight reduction
Includes Flattop PowerLock
Compatible with 12-Speed road and 13-Speed XPLR AXS dropbar groupsets