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hippy, what is a chain-stretch measuring tool for by the way?
http://www.kronowit.com/bicycling/chainstretch.html
Bicycle chains don't actually stretch like a piece of leather. What actually happens is the holes that contain the chain's pins elongate over time (go from a circle to an oval) and the cumulative effect makes the chain longer in length.