Quick help needed.

FoldingJoe

Just lubing my chain and noticed its been threaded the wrong way around the rear mech by yours truly. Im now in London and dont have my tool to easily break the quick link. Any ideas on an easy way to break it before I have to ride to Stratford tomorrow?

rubertoe

Where you based joe?

patrickf

Use a quick link in future. As it is it sounds like you'll need a chain tool and spare pins.

veronese68

There's a way by putting the chain on the big ring with the quick link half way around the big ring. Pull the chain on one side of the quick link in by one tooth so the quick link stands up as one side of a little triangle, then hit the peak of the triangle tp push the quick link together. Hope that makes sense.
I'll have a quick Google t osee if I can find a better description.

veronese68

Here you go, look at this:
http://www.ctc.org.uk/file/member/201107050_0.pdf

FoldingJoe

rubertoe wrote:

Where you based joe?

New Eltham.... I could take it steady from O2 to Stratford and im sure they could sort it there, but not sure if it will do any damage to the rear mech.

FoldingJoe

Cheers fella. Worked a treat. I wont make that mistake again.

rubertoe

Phew..

veronese68

Glad it's sorted.

First.Aspect

I'd suggest unbolting the inner face of the jockey wheel cage in future, and re-routing the chain. Better than finding out 3 hours later the nuts-on-stem way that the chain link isn't quite right.