Is this okay temporarily? I had to add chain back and not entirely sure how I ended up with this orientation but then again I’m not a clever man. Single speed, 1/8”.
by armhairwarrior
Is this okay temporarily? I had to add chain back and not entirely sure how I ended up with this orientation but then again I’m not a clever man. Single speed, 1/8”.
by armhairwarrior
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Well, you can make a [chain entirely with quick links](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1y95ztSY5U) & it seems to work fine, so…
Realistically, if a quick link is considered suitable to be the ‘permanent’ way to join a chain, why would two (or more) be an issue?
FWIW the timing chain (non-drive side, joins the front & rear cranks) on my Sonder tandem came with 2 quick links in it – presumably as a single standard chain wasn’t long enough.
Quicklink is as strong as any other link in the chain. You can have the whole chain out of quicklink if you want (Seth from Bern’s Peak YT channel did it)
In other words, it’s perfectly safe as a permanent solution. However, the spring clip of your link is backwards
https://preview.redd.it/r16pfdz7pxqd1.png?width=1205&format=png&auto=webp&s=c5b3a5a2d7776484854ba2b08facc7abcdd8aab0
Had to extend my chain aswell because I upgraded my cranks. Now I run 2 gold chain links on a silver chain
Did this for awhile to rotate two different wheels/cassettes. Ain’t no thing. Send it.
I got at least one chain with more than one quick link, it’s totally fine. Ride on!