I have a KMC chain which seems oddly stretched even after rather low mileage. The chain and cassette were replaced at the same time, and I only ride in dry, if a bit dusty, conditions. I maybe put 500 miles tops on this chain. And it looks to be pretty stretched. I'll hold off the verdict until I take it to the shop and get it measured with their gauge or something.

In any case I took it off the bike and now I'm missing one plate of the missing link. D'oh! Has anyone had this happen?! My KMC missing link ... went missing! I knew that it was loose and kept track of one of the missing link plates as I guided it off the chainring but the other one .... must have gotten eaten by the rear derailleur or something!! I've been searching the ground for 10 minutes now!

I guess I'll be placing an order for a new chain anyway, and I'll get a 6 pack of missing links while I'm at it.