more variables like chain stay length ... is just one..
I test fit the chain in situ. on the bike a piece of spoke bent in a C holds the ends wrap it thru big-big and everything else.
So, in a typical 116 link chain you barely use half?
bike chains are 1/2" pitch,(between pin centers), so actual length is X number of 0.5"...
5 6 7 8 are all the same, chain,
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