Mornin' all,
I'm off work this morning which is good
So I got back on with my bike nice 'n' early. There was something bothering me about this business and that is that my old chain had two links more than this new chain. I know that bikes often come out of the factory with chains that are too long, but this chain was installed last year by the guy known in Thessaloniki as "
The Doctor" - any family connections, Doc? Anyway, The Doctor is apparently a bit of a celebrity amongst the cyclists in Thessaloniki as being the best bike mechanic in the town. Indeed, I had absolutely no problems with any of the work he'd done on my bike and I was only changing the chain as a precautionary measure. Actually, it hadn't stretched very much (more than 0.75 mm but less than 1 mm). Yet when I compared the old chain and the new chain, there was a big difference in length. Delving deeply into the Internet I found
this. Looks like I'm not the only one to have this problem.
So, to cut a long story short (sorry about the pun!) - I undid the Powerlink of the new chain this morning and re-measured it using Sheldon's large/large technique. Here's a photo:
What do you think? Does that count as two links larger or not (you can see that if you take out the Powerlink then the chain won't even meet).
While I'm at it, here's a photograph of the link I damaged. I guess it would be best to replace this with another Powerlink. Would it be best to put the new Powerlink somewhere else on the chain or would it be OK to have two Powerlinks together?
