How do I join a new Hyperglide chain ?

tran-<< The chain is a HG-93, and will drive a 9-speed HG cassette. After
shortening the chain by one link, I joined the two ends by using the pin
that was already on the chain. Should I have driven it out and used the
reinforced connecting pin instead ? >><BR><BR>

Yes, use the supplied link. The pins are not hard enough to be driven partly
out and then back in. If this makes your chain too short, use a Sram gold
snaplink.

Peter Chisholm
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Should I have driven it out and used the

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reinforced connecting pin instead ?

Yes. You can break a chain anywhere except a black pin [1], but you
must re-join it with one of the special pins. If you don't, the
standard pins can work loose if re-used: the action of taking them out
widens the hole in the chain plates.

And you better take that seriously. I learned the hard way, that you cann't
reuse the old pin.
The chain seemed to be working well for a few days till one day I pulled
real hard over a steep but short hill. That cost me scraches all over myself
and my bike, a new derailleur and a hadfull of spokes in the backwheel. So
don't risk breaking a chain.
Ivar

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tran-<< The chain is a HG-93, and will drive a 9-speed HG cassette. After
shortening the chain by one link, I joined the two ends by using the pin
that was already on the chain. Should I have driven it out and used the
reinforced connecting pin instead ? >><BR><BR>

Yes, use the supplied link. The pins are not hard enough to be driven

partly

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out and then back in. If this makes your chain too short, use a Sram gold
snaplink.

What's the pin for that already comes partially in the chain? The one that
the OP is talking about?

Greg

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Should I have driven it out and used the

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reinforced connecting pin instead ?

Yes. You can break a chain anywhere except a black pin [1], but you
must re-join it with one of the special pins. If you don't, the
standard pins can work loose if re-used: the action of taking them out
widens the hole in the chain plates.

And you better take that seriously. I learned the hard way, that you

cann't

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reuse the old pin.

I believe he's talking about a new chain.

Greg

Zog The Undeniable said:

I'd like to say "buy a SRAM chain and forget all the HG nonsense" but
personally I've only been able to get Shimano chains running smoothly on
9-speed.

Of course, you could just buy the sram link and put it on the
Shimano chain.

I'm using a Wipperman chain and it runs/shifts very nicely.
--
Rick Onanian

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tran-<< The chain is a HG-93, and will drive a 9-speed HG cassette.

After

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shortening the chain by one link, I joined the two ends by using the pin
that was already on the chain. Should I have driven it out and used the
reinforced connecting pin instead ? >><BR><BR>

Yes, use the supplied link. The pins are not hard enough to be driven

partly

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out and then back in. If this makes your chain too short, use a Sram

gold

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snaplink.

What's the pin for that already comes partially in the chain? The one

that

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the OP is talking about?

Greg

Sorry, I should have been clearer. I removed one link from a new, never
before joined chain. The pin that I used to close the chain is that Greg is
refering to and seems to be the black pin that Shimano refers to as the "end
pin". I suppose that it must be OK to use that pin to join the chain for the
first time.