Chain too long?
 

Hi. Recently I put a new chain on my bike, and matched the amount of links to the original one. It looks to me like the new chain is hanging a little too much though. What do you guys think?

http://i.imgur.com/uQijExz.jpg

Put it in small-small. That's the only way to tell if a chain is too long.

Or big-big, that's the way to tell if a chain is more than big enough.

Size it:

Chain length sizing for bicycles with derailleurs

As long as the RD can take up the slack in small/small it is NOT too long.

Off topic: are those extra spokes on the chainstay?

Brilliant! :)

Spoke holders are a nice feature usually found on a few touring bike models.

Brad

Chain slap guard at least .. hard to say if the spoke length is right.




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On a derailleur equipped bike, the sag in the chain is dictated by the amount of tension caused by the spring in the rear derailleur and is therefore never a reliable way to determine if you have the correct chain length. It can be an indication of a damaged derailleur, but yours looks fine.

On a side note: your big ring looks like it's installed the wrong way around. On purpose?

Both chain rings look like they mounted backward . The large and middle one that is .:)

While we're at it, the FD is mounted too high as well.

Wonder how many other things we'd see with a full pic of the bike...