On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:58:00 GMT, <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Chris Atkinson writes:
>> I am looking for a chain for my 12-speed bike but I can only find chains that say 8, 9, or 10
>> speed chain. Does the 8,9, 10 refer to the number of rear sprockets? If not, what do I need?
>
> You are looking in the wrong store. Go to a bicycle shop and ask for a new derailleur chain. I
> don't know of any good chains that are labeled as you say.
I thought that 9 speed chains are narrower than, for example, 7 speed chains.
Granted, the width of the chain has nothing to do with the length.
Also, I concur, visit a LBS (local bicycle shop), bring the bike, and ask for the proper chain. They
will likely have it, and for a small fee they should shorten it to the correct length for you, so
you just have to put it on.
Ask for a special tool-free link, if it doesn't come with one (all the chains at my LBS come with
one), so you can put the chain ends together without a chain tool...or just pay them to put it on,
too. It's not hard to do yourself, though.
> Jobst Brandt
[email protected] Palo Alto CA
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Rick Onanian