wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 4044
Loc: Man of Kent
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I put a new chain on yesterday, I have been splashing out!  
The worn one I took off was 111 links, so I shortened the new one to that length, obviously I had worked out that's what I needed in the past, and the chain has been fine.
I was wondering what everyone else does, do you carefully analyse chainring/ sprocket sizes, and then shorten accordingly, or just stick a 114 chain on, unmodified?
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bfergie
Reged: 19/04/2008
Posts: 3653
Loc: Sticks ,Scotlandshire
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Wuv a link is the bit between 3 pins, not each bit of chain, so 111 links is 55 ish, Best just use a chain length calculator like this one...Oh I never fit a full length chain.
http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/chain_length/chainlengthcalc.html
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colnagodram
Reged: 06/04/2008
Posts: 769
Loc: Langholm, Dumfriesshire. 10 mi...
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Kept the links cut off from old chains and line them up with the new chain to see how much to cut off.Using a Mavic chain all the time will eventually get a new chain from the off cuts!!  
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 4044
Loc: Man of Kent
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Quote:
Wuv a link is the bit between 3 pins, not each bit of chain, so 111 links is 55 ish, Best just use a chain length calculator like this one...Oh I never fit a full length chain.
http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/chain_length/chainlengthcalc.html
Thanks for the link(what a pun), that is really useful.
Chains are sold as 114 links, usually, not 57, in a spirit of disagreement.
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wuverley
Reged: 16/05/2008
Posts: 4044
Loc: Man of Kent
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Sorry, bfergie, possibly a link/inch confusion going on there.
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bfergie
Reged: 19/04/2008
Posts: 3653
Loc: Sticks ,Scotlandshire
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Ah story of my life!!!
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