Thread: anyone have a trick to get chain length right the first time?
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Old 07-17-15, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver
Shimano Arabesque derailleurs come to mind here...
I was thinking of older stuff, like Pre Index Campagnolo, Huret Jubilee and the like, all Simplex derailleurs and so on.

Situations like setting chain length is why I like to say that there are no rules, only considerations.

Folks who learn a rule and blindly follow it get into trouble when they find the exception but don't recognize it.
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