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TUTORIAL – What is the correct length of the MTB chain?

How to understand if the chain is too long or too short? Here is SHIMANO's method.

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Unlink the chain

This is the most complicated part of changing a chain, i.e. understanding whether the length of the chain is correct or, possibly, removing some links (with the chain cutter) to shorten it. We publish the method recommended by Shimano and a more practical method.

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