Re: [CR]"skip link" chain

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Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 19:46:31 -0400
To: HM & SS Sachs <sachs@erols.com>, raleighpro@dejazzd.com, Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]"skip link" chain

Haevey Sachs wrote:
>
>1) I didn't recognize the term, "skip link." The way I have always
>heard it is "skip tooth," which is synonymous with "inch pitch."

I've generally found "skip link" to be the more common vernacular term in my circles.

See: http://sheldonbrown.com/gloss_sa-o.html#skiplink in my Bicycle Glossary for pictures of the two types of sprockets.

I should make some photos of the matching chain, both roller and block...

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