Peter: Scroll down thru this article from Sheldon Brown's website for info on chain length:
http://sheldonbrown.com/derailer-adjustment.html#chain I think there's something about chainline somewhere else on the site. dougP On Thursday, August 7, 2014 11:11:46 AM UTC-7, Peter M wrote: > > Total noob question but how do you know it's exactly that short? Chain > length and line confuse me so. > On Aug 7, 2014 2:09 PM, "Derek Lawrence" <derek...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I just built a Cheviot for my wife and installed a SRAM 9 speed chain. >> Fairly low rings in front (40 x 26), 12t - 36t cassette in back. The 114 >> link chain is about 8 links too small. I've never had a chain come out >> that short. Anyone have best practice for making a chain longer. I'm >> assuming I should just connect two chains using master links, but any >> advice out there? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
