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Any good?, to go on a 15bhp engine....
Cheers Nobby ....

Too late now, so yes.

Haha yeah will let everyone know how it goes coz it's obviously a hot topic!

I'm not saying that they're bad but I'd carry a spare one at all times.

No don't! stop it, it's all together and done 200 miles last thing I want to do is take it apart again!

It's rare to hear of chains breaking these days but a poor quality one will stretch much quicker than a top quality one which will lead to slop in the drive train.

corrado wrote:It's rare to hear of chains breaking these days but a poor quality one will stretch much quicker than a top quality one which will lead to slop in the drive train.

Question... do chains really "stretch" or do they just wear?

Rich'

0.05mm of wear on either side each link would mean up to 8mm extra length over 80 links which could make it fairly loose, it's not much on each link but multiplied up ...

I'm not quite sure but I think this one looks like a stretched chain

Cheers lads you've all really put my mind at ease !! Ffs!

Dimitrios_231 wrote:I'm not quite sure but I think this one looks like a stretched chain

It was either too big in the first place or it's excessively worn, not stretched.

Denis

The most 'used' chain I've ever seen.
It was a standard Regina Extra with 80 links on a 15x46 setup.
The chain tensioner was also broken.