What a Tool

BiggerBoat
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Does anyone use a multitool with a chain tool attached? I have never needed a chain tool on the road. It is hard to get a good tool without one as standard these days.
We need a bigger boat.
Giant OCR 4
Trek Madone 5.2
Ridgeback Speed (FCN 15)
Giant OCR 4
Trek Madone 5.2
Ridgeback Speed (FCN 15)
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I have a multitool with one attached. Its a bit fiddly if you do need to use it though - I have a proper chain tool at home.
Chain breakages are very rare - but they do happen.0 -
I have a Crank Bros 10, not sure if that is made anymore, but it doesn't have a chain tool on it.0
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cougie wrote:Chain breakages are very rare - but they do happen.
...and at the most inopportune times too!
I've got a separate chain tool that I keep in my multitool case - bought it a week before my chain broke, I'd rather have this than one attached to it because repairing chains is a fiddly job and the tool WILL get in the way.FTT
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Snapped my chain 25 miles from home on Sunday. Had to get the missus to pick me up and she got stuck in the Newbury show traffic so 3 hour round trip and she was not happy.
Since then:
Ordered
1 of Topeak Hexus/Hummer 16 Function Multitool (Yellow)
this apparently has a chain tool. I am going to ask my bike shop which links I need to buy to fix a chain on the road and also how to do it! Any tips appreciated.0 -
If you have a saddle pack with space - I'd bung a proper chain tool in there for ease. The multitool ones are very fiddly - even for those of us who have put chains on countless times.
I think theres some instructions on the Park tools website if you dont know what you're doing ?0 -
I always carry a SRAM Powerlink or similar to make chain repairs easier. I've only had to do this once when a friend's chain broke - the chain tool on the ToPeak Hexus was fine for removing the broken link. Then it's just seconds to fit the Powelink.0
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Thanks for the input. I have never broke a chain (road bike), but now see that it is not only possible but probable. Nowing sods law, it will happen to me 50 miles from home, of course. That toppeak hexus/hummer looks like a good compromise. Not too worried about fiddly, would rather fiddle than walk (or call an angry wife).We need a bigger boat.
Giant OCR 4
Trek Madone 5.2
Ridgeback Speed (FCN 15)0 -
I broke a chain last month. The chain tool on my Topeak Alien II was fine, very easy to use, nothing got in the way, and the tool includes a wire hook to hold the two parts of the chain together whilst working on it.
I use KMC missing links - seem easier to open than SRAM, also SRAM 10 speed ones are non-removable apparently (9 speed are okay). I also carry 2 shimano pins, just in case lightening does strike twice (how pessimistic is that?), they fit in the body of the Alien tool for safe keeping. I would never go on a long ride without the chain tool.
Just make sure your tool and pins or links are correct for the chain.0