DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
To close the link, get everything set up, have the link in the top off the chain run then bang the pedals forward.
Or just stand on the pedal while holding the back brake on.
To close the link, get everything set up, have the link in the top off the chain run then bang the pedals forward.
Thats the one...
I used to remove my chain frequently and wash it in white spirit but lately I've come round to the Mickle method, which is a lot quicker and easier and doesn't seem to make any difference to chain life.
I used to remove my chain frequently and wash it in white spirit but lately I've come round to the Mickle method, which is a lot quicker and easier and doesn't seem to make any difference to chain life.
That's what I have in the tool box.
Because I wanted to.Why were you undoing the link? Sounds like you trashed a perfectly good link doing something uneccessary to me.
noticed that I couldn't open the quick link. I tried absolutely everything, no joy. I have always been able to remove KMC quick links using only my fingers, even if they've been a little tough sometimes. I flexed the chain, added more lube to the quick link, tried GT85, tried the wire around the link trick, tried the needle nose pliers trick. Nothing! In the end, I had to cut the quick link through with a hacksaw
In your OP you seemed to 'big' up how important it was to reopen the quick link, to the extent that you decided to 'kill it' by hacksawing it off. End of the world for the poor innocent quick link! Without any reason why, other than 'I couldn't open it'. Now if you had done a few hundred miles and wished to clean said chain by taking it off etc then that's a fair rationale.It's not the end of the world, it's only a quick link.
Personally I just 'stand' the quick link up on the large ring and hit it with a (preferably) rubber hammer or piece of wood. Works every time, for me.
The mechanism of a quick link still seems to be mysterious to some, in spite of extensive explanations every few months on here.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/kmc-quick-links-11sp.194897/#post-4122564
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/kmc-quick-link.220584/page-2
Why I wanted to take the quick link out bears no relevant importance, other than I simply wanted to take it out. Would it help if I said that I had wanted to shorten the chain? I wanted to clean the chain? I had noticed a problem with the chain? That was not the subject matter. The subject matter was that the QL was extremely tight and that I had never come across this problem in 40 plus years of riding bikes and however long I've been using QL's. A simple post deserves a simple reply. If I want to wear sandals with socks, although not fashion conscious, I have the right to wear sandals and socks, just as I have the right to want to take out a quick link that I purchased for a chain that I purchased for a bike that I purchased, or the right to take out the QL after every ride to clean the chain, or for any other reason, if I so wish to do so.
I don't wear sandals and socks by the way![]()