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Has this already been trawled over before? I imagine it's been discussed many a time.
Anyway, so why did Shimano introduce Chain Connecting Pins? Chains seemed to be getting on just fine without them. You could use a chain rivet tool to 'break' the chain anywhere, and then re-join it all up again afterwards.
Some Shimano chains use, or need, a new connecting pin everytime you break the chain apart. Why? Was there any point, or any advantage over existing Sedis / SRAM / etc chains? Seems to me like a solution in search of a problem.
Any knowledge or comments much appreciated. I'm not needing advice actually, as I mostly use SRAM chains - it's just me being curious about this subject. Reminds me of built-in obsolescence.
Cheers.
Anyway, so why did Shimano introduce Chain Connecting Pins? Chains seemed to be getting on just fine without them. You could use a chain rivet tool to 'break' the chain anywhere, and then re-join it all up again afterwards.
Some Shimano chains use, or need, a new connecting pin everytime you break the chain apart. Why? Was there any point, or any advantage over existing Sedis / SRAM / etc chains? Seems to me like a solution in search of a problem.
Any knowledge or comments much appreciated. I'm not needing advice actually, as I mostly use SRAM chains - it's just me being curious about this subject. Reminds me of built-in obsolescence.
Cheers.