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10-18-06 | 03:37 PM

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Sheldon Brown

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From: Newtonville, Massachusetts

Bikes: See: http://sheldonbrown.org/bicycles

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Originally Posted by humble_biker

Thanks for clarifying that.
It seems to me that you can through chain adjustment in the drop out get a good average of tight to slack ratio. But it if it isn't pretty close the high spot of the CR is going to cause undue fatigue and shorten the life of the chain. Is this accurate?

The chain should never get tight, i.e. taut.

Chains don't fatigue, they wear.

See: http://sheldonbrown.com/chains

Sheldon "My Knees Like Biopace" Brown

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