Originally Posted by Camilo

OK - was I just lucky?

I recently purchased my first 1X bike with a wide/narrow chain wheel (Salsa Journeyer w/ Microshift Advent). I changed the chain pretty soon after I got it (I have my reasons...) and simply installed the new chain. I did not pay any attention to clocking it. I have ridden it about 50 miles but haven't noticed any funny sounds or behavior. It's smooth and quiet. The bike isn't with me right now so I can't see if it's clocked or not.

Obviously a 50:50 chance of installing it correctly. If I hadn't, would I have noticed something obvious? Would the wide/narrow design kind of steer you towards getting the chain on correctly even if you were unaware that it needed to be?