Need a decent chain checker for 1x11. Any advice?
Or should I just use a rule?
I use Wippermann Connex Chain Wear Indicator, it is cheap and accurate as it measures over long section of chain.
https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Pedros-Chain-Checker-Plus-II_127214.htm
There is a page somewhere that describes why this type is better (isolates rollers iirc).
£53 for the Shimano offering thats the only accurate one but seems to be no longer available!
The Pedro's one I linked is the same design. There is also a newer cheaper Shimano one that does the same thing.
Yeap that's the newer Shimano design.
^ what wzzzz said
Ruler. It's not rocket science. Chain checkers are an expensive way of getting a worse answer.
What if chain checkers are designed to suggest you need a new chain earlier? 😮