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Old 02-10-12 | 02:24 AM
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The length has nothing to do with the number of "speeds".
It's determined by the size of the largest chain ring, largest cog and the distance between them.

6-8 speed chains are the same WIDTH! They get progressively thinner for 9 & 10 speed.
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