Originally Posted by
alcanoe
I would also get a chain-stretch gauge. Chains need to be checked often and replaced before they prematurely wear the cogs and rings.
Al
yeah, a chain gauge would be nice. i used sheldon's method of holding a ruler against the chain with some tension on it. i measured the distance past 12" that link #13 starts. it was easily 1/8" too long for every 12 links.
Originally Posted by
coldfeet
I might be barking up the wrong tree here, but did you cut the chain down to the right length? i.e. the same as the old?
yes and no. i did not cut it the same as the old since the old had stretched. but i did cut it to the same number of links
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