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I just bought a KMC replacement chain. Sadly, before I installing it,
I lost the "power link"--so I decided to do it the "old-fashioned
way." This does not work--while driving in the pin, the side-plate
cracked. Right now I'm touring--what am I supposed to do if the chain
breaks on the road? I don't particularly want to carry a "special
link" for every time this happens. Can anybody recommend a chain that
needs no special links or pins to shorten or repair? The older Sachs
chains used to be this way, and I found them to be unparalleled for
shift quality and reliability, but I'm not sure I've bought one since
they merged with SRAM. I noticed a number of posts on this forum that
suggest they do not shift as well as they used to.
I'm running an older eight-speed Sachs cluster--wide-range ratios, but
a double up front.
I lost the "power link"--so I decided to do it the "old-fashioned
way." This does not work--while driving in the pin, the side-plate
cracked. Right now I'm touring--what am I supposed to do if the chain
breaks on the road? I don't particularly want to carry a "special
link" for every time this happens. Can anybody recommend a chain that
needs no special links or pins to shorten or repair? The older Sachs
chains used to be this way, and I found them to be unparalleled for
shift quality and reliability, but I'm not sure I've bought one since
they merged with SRAM. I noticed a number of posts on this forum that
suggest they do not shift as well as they used to.
I'm running an older eight-speed Sachs cluster--wide-range ratios, but
a double up front.