Never Do This, and Other Good Ideas Gone Bad

[PAR_WIG1350]

Originally Posted by cire

2003... Never use #25 chain for your drivetrain. It may seem like you will never hit that several hundred lb limit, but when you throw in missalignment and shock loading, well lets just say we went through a lot of chain that year.

last year, in Atlanta, 1350 threw a chain in every match, it was almost as funny as it was disappointing (think of a car in a cartoon driving as parts fall out all over the road, but it just keeps driving [we could drive very straight with only 3 powered wheels on the ground]) . Every time it was a #35 chain, The # 25 chain that drove our slick wheels worked perfectly, (unless the #35 chain driving the #25 chain fell off, which didn't happen as often as the chain to the plaction wheels broke).

So, in summery, #25 chain can work well in a drive train.
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Never use too many* long* chain runs in critical** systems.







*these are not terms that I can define absolutely, use your best judgement.

**if you need it to play (well) and it isn't redundant to the point that if one breaks another/the rest can do the job almost as well without it [If its failure means you cannot continue to play the game] than it is a critical system.