Halflinks stretch crazy fast - removed 4 half links within 3 months - thats 2" of stretch!!! Totally wrecked my cogs and chainrings - tried a few brands - ALL did the same.
@@unkepthurdle3233 Or literally inserting the weak link... ;-P I get the reason - but not going down that rabbit hole again. I've used esp. reg KMC Z chains and yet to notice any stretch. I'd rather fiddle with cog teeth for chain length than use a HL chain.
I would say Yes. Shimano, SRAM, KMC and others make a different master link for the different speed chains. SRAM even has two different master links for 12 speed depending if you have an eagle or flattop.