tooting my own horn here, but if you want a nice Connex chain, we sell them, with two quick links and extra lengths of chain, in every size and type, 9, 10 and 11 speed. It's an option on our connex chain product page. We call it the XL chain. Often needed for certain 1x gearing set ups as well. So if you say, want a 9 speed stainless chain for your clem, we have it. Connex chains last significantly longer than SRAM, KMC and Shimano chains, if you are into that kinda thing. Chains rarely fail at the quick link. You don't want two right next to each other, so you end up trimming the base chain a bit, so the quick links end up at least 6 links away. Better shifting if nothing else.
James, Analog Cycles, Riv Dealer o' Vermont On Sunday, March 1, 2020 at 11:24:15 AM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > > If you have a long chainstay bike like a MIT Atlantis or a Clem, etc, > you'll need a chain longer than a regular 116 link chain. There are a few > ways to get this done: > > 1. Some people like me stock up on chains, and when they need a long one > they splice two together, and go. The massive excess on chain #2 becomes > the next donor for the next time I need a chain. I get roughly 4 long > chains out of 5 real chains. > > 2. Some people buy two chains, make one long chain, and discard or mislay > the excess. Some of those people complain about how Rivendells are twice > as expensive to maintain, or point out how it is crazy that Grant shouldn't > designs bikes with long chainstays in the first place. > > 3. Rivendell has a long chain they can sell you > https://www.rivbike.com/collections/chains/products/long-chain but it's > Out of Stock > > I'm posting this to explain how that long chain thing works. They have a > huge continuous roll of chain. To get chains "In Stock" somebody just > needs to put aside the time to cut 20 lengths off the roll, and put them in > ziploc bags. I went in yesterday, needing a chain for my MIT Atlantis. > Will walked me back there to the roll, cut off a length and tossed it in > the bag and sold it to me. He said "man, I need to make some of these and > put them up on the site". As he was making mine, Vince walked by and said > "Oh, good, you're making long chains for the site!" > > So if you need a long 9-speed chain, Riv can definitely sell you one. If > it's not in stock, call them up and say "Make 10 and sell me one". They'll > make it happen for you. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > > ' > > > Rivendell Bicycle Works has a part number for a long chain: > https://www.rivbike.com/collections/chains/products/long-chain > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c1589e47-29dd-4364-8e55-0536355bde9d%40googlegroups.com.
