Half link chain on wrong way

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Half link chain on wrong way
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flag f-it-bike-co
Posted: Jun 7, 2009 at 8:05 Quote
can someone show me the right way, i was pretty sure that the fatter part of the link faced the front of your bike, and the skinnier end of the link faced backwards, but so far my friend said its opposite and the picturs i see on google are opp

so which way does it go...

so this way???

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or opposite?
flag markhumphris
Posted: Jun 7, 2009 at 8:09 Quote
This is the same way i have mine, i think it looks abit better than the other way too, it shouldn't make too much difference which way it faces, as long as its not upside-down...
flag f-it-bike-co
Posted: Jun 7, 2009 at 8:10 Quote
ok, i thought it would stretch though depending if its on the right way or not
flag markhumphris
Posted: Jun 7, 2009 at 8:16 Quote
the chain will stretch anyway, but if you think about it, there is pressure in both directions on the chain when you pedal anyway.
flag f-it-bike-co
Posted: Jun 7, 2009 at 8:18 Quote
so half links are shite and they stretch easy?
flag ezekiel
Posted: Jun 7, 2009 at 8:20 Quote
f-it-bike-co wrote:
so half links are shite and they stretch easy?

The chain stretch on them will be greater and therefore more noticeable than a regular chain. Whether or not they stretch easy seems to depend a lot on the chain itself.
flag notallowedtoswear
Posted: Jun 7, 2009 at 8:20 Quote
do you have to have a halflink chain if your running 25-9
flag markhumphris
Posted: Jun 7, 2009 at 8:21 Quote
No, all chains stretch, and half links are ment to have a stronger breaking strength than regular chains, which means they wont stretch as easy, but there are more plates to stretch... so it will be more noticable. My KHE hollow pin half link is much stronger than my regular KHE chain i had, just a little heavier.
flag f-it-bike-co
Posted: Jun 7, 2009 at 8:23 Quote
ohhhhh ok, well i guess i will go switch around the chain (again)

if it dont matter i think it looks better the way that i showed up there
flag markhumphris
Posted: Jun 7, 2009 at 8:25 Quote
f-it-bike-co wrote:
ohhhhh ok, well i guess i will go switch around the chain (again)

if it dont matter i think it looks better the way that i showed up there

I wouldn't bother, the more times you undo the pins, the weaker the pins will be, making it easier for the chain to break.
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