chains

pacey

it may be obvious to most but being new to biking it's not to me.
could someone please tell me why a certain item appears to be missing from todays bikes.
they were common when i was last on a bike as a kid. That being the spring link in the chain. Could'nt find one for love nor money in mine and therefore had no idea how to remove it.

crud_munch

chain rivet extractor. basically pushes the rivet out and then the chain will come apart!

pacey

Thanks for that, i will buy the tool but why were spring links done away with,
i did'nt need a tool then.

crud_munch

i spose they could have found to be weak and snapped easily! sram and shimano both make chains with the same sort of thing i think sram call theirs a powerlink

caw35slr

Connex also makes a link that is compatible with a variety of 8, 9 and 10-speed chains.

Details here: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=5159
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Scubar

The SRAM powerlink is so useful, I have them on both of my shimano chains and it really does help.