Originally Posted by Sin-A-Matic
I mean, it seems like it would take A LOT of force to stretch a side plate. Normal chain wear does not stretch side plates, so that makes me question if this half-link design would.
Normal side plates are straight and made of steel so (as the great SB says) take a lot of force to stretch because you would have to elongate the sideplate. Half link sideplates have an s-bend, as said above, so the force you are applying is trying to straighten out the bend, which is a hell of a lot easier to do than to stretch a straight piece of steel.
The chains look cool though.