Originally Posted by Reynolds (Post 19867548)

That may be true in theory, but not necessarily in practice. I've reused pins in 7/8sp chains for years, never had any problems. Didn't dare to do it on 9/10/11 Shimano/Sram though, but did it many times on Campagnolo 9sp, which doesn't have replacement pins AFAIK.

Originally Posted by Drew Eckhardt (Post 19868593)

Unlike the other companies, Campagnolo didn't switch to flush riveted chains until they moved to 10 cogs.

Originally Posted by Reynolds (Post 19868659)

That's right, I have a Campagnolo maintenance manual from the late '90s, 9sp era. It specifies using Campagnolo chain pliers for installing/uninstalling the chain, but doesn't say anything about using new pins.