Originally Posted by
digibud
10 spd chains are fundamentally different than, say, 8 speed and even 9 speed. with 10speed you can't pop out a rivet half way and then push it back in. You can't reuse the rivets at all and you have to be much more precise....it may not be a bad chain.
Originally Posted by
dynaryder
With Shimano,you have to use a new pin every time. With SRAM,you can rejoin the chain,even 10spd,as long as you don't push the pin completely out.
You are both wrong. You haven't been able to push a pin out and put it back for most chains for many years. SRAM has used a master link on their chains since the advent of 8 speeds. Almost all chains since then have used peened pins which have mushroomed heads to deal with side forces. The days of pushing a pin back in are long gone.