Originally Posted by
cbchess
If you have a full suspension bike you have to un-hook the rear shock and cycle through the travel as some bikes, the Chainstay measurement will "grow" as it cycles through its travel.
Indeed. I recently performed this exercise on a full-suspension frame I've been riding all summer. Turns out my chain was one link short. I probably got away with that all summer because I avoid big-big when riding, and if I do fall into that combination, it's usually inadvertent during a climb when I'm unlikely to hit a big enough bump hard enough to bottom the suspension. Next time I put a chain on a suspension bike, I will be sure to cycle the suspension afterwards. (It's a bummer that I can't cycle the suspension *before* I cut the chain).