RichardB
Slightly retro
- Location
- West Wales
I'm refurbing an old MTB and needed to split the chain. Over the years, I have lost any cycle tools I had, so I bought a Halfords basic bike tool kit. The chain tool in the kit split the chain fine, but when I rejoined it the link was very stiff afterwards. My old splitter had two sets of plates for the chain to butt against, one to split and the other (in the middle) to spread a tight link. The Halfords tool doesn't have this second feature. I sorted it in the end by easing the link apart with a screwdriver, so all's good for the time being. But I wondered if this was a case of cheap-tool-plus-screwdriver-bodge, or there was a way of using the tool to ease a tight link that I didn't know about. Or is everyone using quick links these days?