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PowerLink Length
Is PowerLink length a concern? In using the PowerLinks, I noticed that they are longer, by 0.5-0.75mm, than other links. If you have a gauge for checking the chain wear, you can test it for yourself by testing a piece of the chain with and without a PowerLink.
Principally a longer link produces an increased load on the front of the link and onto preceding links and onto sprocket teeth, accelerating their wear. However, maybe one PowerLink per chain can be lived with. On the other hand, a chain out of PoweLinks should be a disaster. Still, when repairing or adjusting the chain one might end up with a couple or more PowerLinks in a chain. Any opinions, wisdom regarding the issue?
Principally a longer link produces an increased load on the front of the link and onto preceding links and onto sprocket teeth, accelerating their wear. However, maybe one PowerLink per chain can be lived with. On the other hand, a chain out of PoweLinks should be a disaster. Still, when repairing or adjusting the chain one might end up with a couple or more PowerLinks in a chain. Any opinions, wisdom regarding the issue?
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Originally Posted by 2_i
Is PowerLink length a concern? In using the PowerLinks, I noticed that they are longer, by 0.5-0.75mm, than other links. If you have a gauge for checking the chain wear, you can test it for yourself by testing a piece of the chain with and without a PowerLink.
Principally a longer link produces an increased load on the front of the link and onto preceding links and onto sprocket teeth, accelerating their wear. However, maybe one PowerLink per chain can be lived with. On the other hand, a chain out of PoweLinks should be a disaster. Still, when repairing or adjusting the chain one might end up with a couple or more PowerLinks in a chain. Any opinions, wisdom regarding the issue?
Principally a longer link produces an increased load on the front of the link and onto preceding links and onto sprocket teeth, accelerating their wear. However, maybe one PowerLink per chain can be lived with. On the other hand, a chain out of PoweLinks should be a disaster. Still, when repairing or adjusting the chain one might end up with a couple or more PowerLinks in a chain. Any opinions, wisdom regarding the issue?
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Originally Posted by Sheldon Brown
All links are 1/2" center-to-center of the rollers. That's the only length dimension that matters.
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Originally Posted by 2_i
To eliminate ambiguity, I just compared measurements for pieces of chain with and without a PowerLink. I've done the measurements for two PowerLinks in my chain and have used the Park Tool CC-3 (or would that be CC-11?). In each case, the PowerLink was somewhere in the middle, NOT at the edge.
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Originally Posted by Sheldon Brown
There is some variance from brand to brand as to the diameter of the rivets. If you use a PowerLink in a chain that is designed for fatter rivets, it will cause a slight mismatch in pitch.
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Well, I have now done measurements with a new chain and a new PowerLink and detect no difference between the new links. That points to wear advancing significantly faster for the PowerLink than for regular chain links.
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Originally Posted by 2_i
Any opinions, wisdom regarding the issue?
Don't worry about it. Just enjoy riding your bike. Too many people get caught up in the most minute of details and for some reason I tend to think they spend more time thinking about what's wrong (or what could go wrong) with their bike than they do enjoying it.
Use the powerlink, ride your bike, have a good time.
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Originally Posted by 2_i
Well, I have now done measurements with a new chain and a new PowerLink and detect no difference between the new links. That points to wear advancing significantly faster for the PowerLink than for regular chain links.