I am in the process of building up my Sam and I ran into a frustrating snag with a brand new chain. Using the Sheldon Browne method for sizing a chain I put the chain on big/big without the rear der. and found that the chain was one or two links short. The gearing is 48 front and 34 on the rear cassette. I was surprised (and frustrated that a brand new KMC x9 chain out of the box is too short. I had to add links for my Appaloosa which of course has the super long chainstay but I didn't think it would be needed on the Sam. I can add a link or two and then join the extra links by implementing two quicklinks instead of just one. To me it doesn't seam like it's correct to have two quick links with only one or two links between them. Has anyone else encountered a chain that was two short out of the box on a Sam or other Riv with a fairly typical chain stay length? Does it create a weakness in the chain if I have two quick links so close to each other?
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