Nothing to add to others' advice except definitely keep it too long 'til 
you're sure. What I look for when derailleur and chain are mounted is a 
decent amount of room left in big-big so I'm not straining the pulley cage, 
then I don't care if the small-small is droopy. I may accidentally get into 
big-big with a panic downshift climbing a hill, but I know I'll never use 
small-small (and droopy wouldn't hurt anything anyway). 

Joe Bernard 

On Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 12:28:07 PM UTC-8 brenton...@gmail.com 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Rear: 11-36, front: 46-34-22
>
> I'm using the big-big chain sizing method recommended by many. Of course 
> though when pulling most of the slack, my master link lines up with an 
> outer link. So instead of adding one link [outer+inner] from the match 
> point to get my cut point, It's *suggested* to add [inner+outer+inner] 
> and the chain is looking droopy as hell. Rest assured I will never be in a 
> big-big situation, ever. My rear derailleur is mid-cage so I'm worried it 
> won't pick up all the slack I'm affording the chain in scenario 1. I mocked 
> up a 34F to 11R situation, which I do end up in on mellow downhills, and it 
> looked crazy loose.
>
> I cut the chain leaving myself the option to cut again, and took photos. 
> First pic is as recommended by park tool youtube, pull to nearest *inner* 
> link, add one extra. Super droopy.
>
> [image: IMG_3012.jpg]
>
> Second pic is mock up of what chain slack would look like if I cut one 
> more [inner+outer] link out. Still has slack, feels like it wouldn't be a 
> problem in any normal gearing. 
>
> [image: IMG_3013.jpg]
>
> RD arrives in the mail today. If this exercise is foolish until I have the 
> RD installed, I can be patient. Just curious if anyone has made the 
> judgement call to only add .5 links instead of 1 full link.
>

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