Thread: Chain length
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Old 08-18-10 | 03:41 PM
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San Rensho
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Originally Posted by dbikingman
After my first post I did a little research on sheldon brown's website and did a search here. I measured my old chain and the length is +1/16" approximately. The front rings have some wear, but otherwise look fine. Nothing stands out on the rear cogs, but I'm going to go over it more later.
Theres really nothing to go over, Hillrider is right, you need to replace the cassette/fw. You can put the old chain back on and probably go for another 2-3 years with the same combo, but you can never use another wheel with a different cassette/fw with the chain you have, and you will probably need to replace the rings also when you replace the chain/cass/fw.
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