Road Bike Chain Length Guide

All you need are a chain rivet or a chain lock and you will need to know the amount of chain links needed for a correct chain length.

Road bike chain length guide. For example some derailleur bike chain could only be 51 52 53 inches etc. The correct chain length chain rivet. Chains cannot be cut to 52 1 4 53 1 8 or even 52 1 2. Built another bike this year and finally got to grips with gears and chain length.

This video will take you step by step through sizing a bike chain including determining whether your old chain was correctly sized sizing to an old chain and the largest cog chainring method. Chain length calculator does nothing more and nothing less than working out what the length of your chain should be expressed in number of links. Methods to determine chain length method 1. You can use either of these two methods.

On the left side of the handlebar moves the chain across the chain rings surrounding the crank in the middle of the bike but for drive chain purposes called the front. Simplest way i ve heard and used is put the chain on the big ring at the front and the small ring at the rear and pull the chain until the arm of the rear mech is vertical. Size to old chain count links if your old chain was sized correctly it can be used to determine the length of your new chain. You can use cm or inches to input your chainstay length you should always be able to find this out on your bike manufacturer s website inventory or in the manual it came with and then add your outer chainring size and number of teeth.

Using sprockets 28t and larger. There are a few ways to get the correct chain length on your road bike. The type of chain you need will depend on the type of bike you are riding. This is a great introductory guide to cycling.

Procedures for adjusting chain length vary by rear derailleur type. An 11 speed cassette requires a different chain to a 9 speed one the chain must be thinner in order to fit into the narrower spaces between the sprockets. Rear derailleur for road. It really isn t too difficult to get the chain length right.

Take your old chain and lay it out next to the new one. It is possible to determine chain length from industrial drive train equations and then cut the chain before installing it on the bike. To check if it was the correct size shift the bike to the smallest sprockets and check the chain for any slack. Road bike shoes are stiffer than mtb ones.