A broken chain on trail can be quite the pain – or not…
Using a Missing Link or Power Link you can quickly reconnect your chain without messing with pushing pins in and out.
Be sure to use the right speed choice 10sp, 11sp, or 12sp for your setup (they are different widths). Insure that you don’t have a series of bulged, bent or failed links that will fail as soon as you have the missing link installed – that’s super annoying…
Any brand will get you off the trail – if you’re building a bike or replacing a drivetrain it is ideal to use the same brand missing link as chain (although I used Power Links with Shimano chains for years without issues personally).
*** if you have to shorten the chain it will affect your available gears, don’t blow a derailleur up trying to shift into gears with too short of a chain…
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Post time: Jan-12-2017