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What does “pair of quicklinks” mean?

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I recently bought some quicklinks. Before I placed my order I asked if a pack contained a single quick link, or a pair, as I’ve generally seen them sold in 2’s. I was told that a pack contains a pair of quicklinks. But when they were delivered, each pack contained what - to my way of thinking- was a single quicklink ie 2 little bits of metal. Apparently to the shop that is a “pair”. Who is right ??


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:00 am
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They are are. 2 quick links make a pair.


 
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I’ve never seen them sold in your definition of a pair. Every pack I’ve seen or bought has had two halves of a quick link in it.


 
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Same only seen multipacks described as 2 quick links or 5 quick links.


 
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Grammer pendants ensemble....


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:05 am
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They are are. 2 quick links make a pair.

Fair enough. Now tell me how many links are in your chain 🙂


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:12 am
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1 quick link is needed to join 1 chain.

A pair of quick links will join 2 chains.

Although they’re not usually sold in pairs I don’t think?


 
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If you bought a pair of socks, how many socks would you expect to receive?

More confusingly, if you bought a pair of trousers, how many would you expect to receive....

Edit : I think of a pair of quick links as being like a pair of socks


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:16 am
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A pair of quick links will join a pair of chains.

Each piece of metal is half a quick link. By definition it cannot be a whole quick link as it cannot do the one job of linking a chain on it's own.


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:17 am
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A quick link is a pair of interlocking plates used to join a bicycle chain. Best to call it two quick links if you want 2 sets of interlocking plates.

Remember if it’s SRAM it’s not a quick link it’s a power link. I’ve been caught out with that one.


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:19 am
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Be wary getting your bike fixed at a shop who interprets “quick link” as a single bit of metal 🙂 Your bollocks will be hitting the top tube before you’ve got round the block 🙁


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:20 am
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A pair implies 2 bits that are used together rather than 2 of the same item. If you had asked if a pack contained 2 quick links then you'd be correct.


 
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pair
<i style="max-height: 999999px;">noun</i>
1.
a set of two things used together or regarded as a unit.
"a pair of gloves
But then a vast amount of adults still think they brought things at the shop.

 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:23 am
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for me like a pair of shoes, and you shouldn't mix them


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:25 am
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I ordered 4 links per my definition. They sent 2 links. I queried it and they are sending me another link, hence I will end up with 3 (my definition). Seems fair, given the evident ambiguity:-)


 
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Grammer pendants ensemble….

Spelling pedants assemble.


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:28 am
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a set of two things used together or regarded as a unit.
“a pair of gloves

Sure, but you never say "glove" when you mean 2 gloves.

"I'm going to take off my gloves" - yes.

"Before waxing your chain remove the quicklinks" - no.


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:31 am
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Spelling pedants assemble.

Joke pedants despair 🙂


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:32 am
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Before waxing your chain remove the quicklinks” – no.

Very true


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:39 am
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If you go to a real bike shop you can just see what you are getting.

If you must order on line just buy two so you have either one, or one and a spare.


 
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It's retail nonsense.

Shimano refer to the two pieces as "the QUICK-LINK", e.g. "Insert the QUICK-LINK pins between the inner links from both sides as shown in the figure"

One QUICK-LINK is two pieces

QUICK-LINK in upper case to satisfy the pedants 🙂

Anyway, how do they sell a chain? 114 links or 456 parts?


 
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To me [like the OP] : A quicklink is the two separate bits of metal that fit together to make it work. A pair would be two of them (4 bits of metal) I also know that some people refer to the single item as 'a pair' - like trousers or shoes. Both can be right, you just need to clarify when buying them.


 
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The point is that the name of the thing defines its purpose. It’s a quick link. You can’t link the chain together with just one (half) of them. It inherently consists of two bits. A chain consists of 114 links, this item replaces one of them. This is different from a sock which is a useable entity in its own right. You can wear one of them (trust me I broke my ankle. )


 
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“Before waxing your chain remove the quicklinks” – no.

are you not meant to wax them? I take them off, but dunk them in the wax too.


 
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I take them off, but dunk them in the wax too.

Is that the plural "wax" or the singular, "wak"?


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 10:32 am
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Before waxing your chain remove the quicklinks” – no.

This hypothetical situation could be avoided by not waxing the chain.


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 10:56 am
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are you not meant to wax them? I take them off, but dunk them in the wax too

They can get wax in the little grooves making a poor installation very possible, so advice on health and safety grounds is not to wax them. Makes no difference if you are not ham fisted.


 
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There was a time when wiggle sold one side of a link so you needed to buy two, I think they soon realised how dumb that was, planet-x did it to me once, literally pointless purchase.


 
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I consider them in the same way as a pair sowel.

Edit: mibbies I've got ma spelling of pair/puir wrang. Broke joke. Acht weel.


 
Posted : 18/07/2024 9:53 pm
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My perception is that 'a pair' of links would be enough to join one chain.


 
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Grammer pendants ensemble

This deserted for moor reconnoitring.

Clearly two halves of the whole is one quick link.

A packet of two quick links would have four bits in it.

A "pair" of quick links is just the kind of thing that makes my inner pedant twitch.


 
Posted : 20/07/2024 11:43 am
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I bought a quicklinks online.  The unit was marked as "a pair".  I wanted a spare so I bought 2 pairs.  I ended up with 4 quicklinks 🙂 ie 8 halves


 
Posted : 20/07/2024 1:11 pm
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Before I placed my order I asked if a pack contained a single quick link, or a pair, as I’ve generally seen them sold in 2’s. I was told that a pack contains a pair of quicklinks.

If I'd asked if a pack contained a single or a pair, and was told a pair, I'd expect two sets. If it just said a pair, with no qualifying context, I'd expect a single set.


 
Posted : 20/07/2024 2:23 pm