Chain too short?
 

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I'm going with yes but it seems to shift ok.

NX 11sp.

(Just put bigger chainring on)


 
Posted : 04/05/2019 1:20 pm
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Yes.

I hope it's a hardtail!


 
Posted : 04/05/2019 1:24 pm
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Yes it's a hardtail.

And new chain on its way now.


 
Posted : 04/05/2019 1:50 pm
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Looks a little on the tight side that to me. If it were full suss it would be even worse!


 
Posted : 04/05/2019 2:02 pm
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On a hardtail, I would say that's just long enough.


 
Posted : 04/05/2019 2:16 pm
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I might be wrong, but I thought that (at least for a hardtail) there just needed to be curvature in the chain at each jockey wheel.


 
Posted : 04/05/2019 2:32 pm
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So hols and pjay you reckon that's long enough then?


 
Posted : 04/05/2019 3:16 pm
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Better safe than sorry if you're not certain but it does look similar to mine (which is absolutely no guarantee that it's right). One of the dangers of too short a chain is ripping your mech & hanger off when you shift into the big sprocket! I try and stick to the approach of wrapping the chain around the big cog and big ring (I still have a triple) and adding 2 links (hardtail).


 
Posted : 04/05/2019 3:23 pm
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Cheers.

Think I'll do the wrap it around the big cog check and re-measure it before I ride far.

SRAM instructions tell you how to initially size it but I can't find any useful diagrams that show what it's supposed to look like.


 
Posted : 04/05/2019 3:27 pm
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Mine's probably a tad too short according to this.


 
Posted : 04/05/2019 3:38 pm
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There is a pic in section 2 of the park tools how to guide https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/chain-length-sizing

eta as above!


 
Posted : 04/05/2019 3:40 pm
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I always go by the sram instructions/diagram both on ht and fs.


 
Posted : 04/05/2019 3:44 pm

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