Originally Posted by
Looigi
I don't know what an "LTH" is but it seems odd that the new chain was shorter rather than longer and that 1 link shorter (1") was OK. Does an LTH have unusually long chainstays?
It's "LHT" and is short for the Surly
Long
Haul
Trucker. Indeed the LHT was very long chainstays (460mm) and requires 116 links; the SRAM PC-71 chain comes in either 114 links or 116 links; the OP apparently bought the former..