Originally Posted by
colourmeawesome
And than do I just measure links per inch or foot?
You'll have to forgive me. While I've owned bikes all of my life, I've only really become a "cyclist" the beginning of this year...
Sheldon Brown to the rescue once more! Scroll to the bottom of the page. Basically, you hold a ruler up to the chain, line up the zero mark with a rivet, and then see whether the rivet at the 12" mark also lines up ok, or nearly enough. It's pretty easy.