Originally Posted by
escarpment
+1 on sheldon brown,
unless your derailleur's bottom pulley is rubbing the bottom of the chain when your in the higest gear, if that makes sense. you should be ok.
Not sure what "big-big+1" means, but the chain does get very close to rubbing itself near the lower pulley on the RD, so maybe I should take another two links out. Wished I would have known about that before I removed the links becasue this will cause me to use the spare pin that Shimano provided with the chain (and they don't recommend breaking the chain in the same place).