Thanks everyone. I bought a second chain as I wasn't able to find any 9-speed scraps at my LBS. Using a master link as suggested. Looks like it will work well.
Peter - The chain was so short I wasn't able to shift up beyond the 4th ring on the cassette--it just maxed out. It was obvious when I originally measured it, which usually results in having to remove some links. I still installed it as my wife was excited about riding the bike, she just couldn't shift beyond a few gears. Now she will be able to. This has nothing to do with chain line. See the link to Sheldon Brown. On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 10:40:27 AM UTC-6, Derek Lawrence 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-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.
