# Chain Sag - lighter weight chain?

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**Created:** [January 15, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/chain-sag-lighter-weight-chain/1918 "2018-01-15T16:54:58Z")\
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you are not going to find a sprocket that small for bike chain.

bike chain is roughly #45 roller chain, and the longer links can’t go around as  
tight a circle.

going with links twice as long will probably mean going with sprockets twice the  
diameter.

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