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Ok... maybe this is a good place to discuss this problem. I'm going to go get my copy of Barnett's Manual and Zinn. We've already got a quote from Jobst Brandt who says that chain stretch is a misnomer.
And Sheldon says that it is stretching.
I really want to get this down because I'm in the "it doesn't stretch it wears" camp. I have a feeling that "stretch" is a hold-over from the days of soft steel chains.
though If we can't hash this out here we might create a new thread.