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Extra weight (because all the extra metal you need to have curved plares)
I can live with that.
Wears faster (small pins all the way along the chain rather than every other)
I can live with that.
Not as efficient (two above combined)
I can live with that.
It doesn't sound like I will be killed so
One half link will be fine. Go for it.
seems like the answer.
Hefty
Extra weight (because all the extra metal you need to have curved plares)
Wears faster (small pins all the way along the chain rather than every other)
Not as efficient (two above combined)
Basically worse in every way important, except for grinding on (because of all the extra metal) and giving slightly more adjustment, which you probably don't need as most dropouts are long enough to take way more than half an inch adjustment.