Originally Posted by
TurdFerguson2
Just to point out something that may not be obvious to some, when you break the chain, if you leave a little bit of the pin not pushed through the plate, you have something for the chain to 'hook' onto when you reassemble the chain.
This was the prescribed method for 8-spd chains back in the day when you could pop the same pin back in the chain. It doesn't really help for chains that require replacement pins or links, though.