Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
My bikes are set up to allow the big-big combo, as it's occasionally nice to go one gear lower without shifting to the small ring. That nicely pre-empts any concern about "what could happen" if I "accidentally" shifted to it.
That leaves the small-small, which is merely noisy if I get there by accident.
A standard chain has how many links? I don't remember. My Voyageur takes the whole chain exactly, no links added or taken away. Is that what you mean by set up to allow big/big, by chain length? Or something else?