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@M_V
So glad to see love for the split links in here. A few mechanics I know consider them to be an amateurs way of joining chain, I prefer to use them as I've had plenty re-rivetted joints fail but never a split link.
Saying that though, I had to put a couple links in the chain on a track tandem the other day, there was no split link in the chain that was fitted and no spare so had to do two old school joints. I then learned that said tandem was being used to practice standing starts! I'm happy to say the joints I made held up but I held my breath at every start.
The chain was an Izumi Super Tough so that probably helped. Don't they come with the screw joints? No idea why one wasn't fitted but I imagine it would have been a top British Cycling mechanic that put it on so maybe they don't like them.