New chain whip needed

[GrumpyGregry]

Last night my X-Tools chain whip bent like a bendy thing while I was trying to take the 9 speed cassette off my tourer to replace a broken spoke (Managed to feed the spoke in anyway in the end with a subtle bit of large radius bending)

What is the serious cyclists chain whip of choice?

 

[Tim Hall]

Make your own?

Lump of steel, rivet two bits of chain onto it.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I use one of these and it works a treat.

http://www.inmotionproducts.com/shopexd.asp?id=73

 

[gbb]

Make your own?

Lump of steel, rivet two bits of chain onto it.

Agree, although i used a piece of steel flat bar to make mine. I'll post some pice tomorrow.
Cut your old chain into two pieces, drill three 3mm (IIRC) holes in the steel bar and bolt the chain in place. very strong, very cheap. Doesnt look pretty tho

Edited to say...i cant for the life of me think why, but i read your post as saying 'lump of wood' which i thought was odd.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I use one of these and it works a treat.

http://www.inmotionp...opexd.asp?id=73

that's almost identical to the one that bent....

 

[APK]

Or an oil filter remover from Halfrauds : http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_209641_langId_-1_categoryId_165469

are these the same?

 

[MacB]

I'd either go another cheapie one or I'd make my own, no way am I shelling out more than £10 for soemthing like that. If my cheapie one gives up the ghost then I'll use it as a template to make a strong one and just replace the bits of chain as and when.

 

[HLaB]

that's almost identical to the one that bent....

You don't know you're own strength I've got similar ones from Lidl and Lifeline and touch wood they've stayed straight. Common sense says buy cheap, buy twice but like MacB given the amount of times I use mine, I don't think I'd pay to much. When I buy individual accessories I tend to go for middle of the range and that seems to work for me.

 

[Mad at urage]

Or an oil filter remover from Halfrauds : http://www.halfords....tegoryId_165469

are these the same?

no ... chain whip has a short piece of chain to locate it on the sprockets, in addition to the longer piece located further back than on an oil-filter wrench. Compare to the one linked by FF.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

You don't know you're own strength I've got similar ones from Lidl and Lifeline and touch wood they've stayed straight. Common sense says buy cheap, buy twice but like MacB given the amount of times I use mine, I don't think I'd pay to much. When I buy individual accessories I tend to go for middle of the range and that seems to work for me.

The chap in Edinburgh Bicycle Co-Op doesn't know what 40Nm is more like!

Mine does get used a fair bit on a number of my bikes as I am a tinkerer but no way was it ever going to shift that lockring.

 

[MacB]

The chap in Edinburgh Bicycle Co-Op doesn't know what 40Nm is more like!

Mine does get used a fair bit on a number of my bikes as I am a tinkerer but no way was it ever going to shift that lockring.

It doesn't though, does it? it just holds the cassette/freewheel in place while you undo the lockring with a wrench

 

[tyred]

The oil filter tool will work though. Or for the really stubborn ones like trying to remove a threaded sprocket from an 80 year old Sturmey hub, an old chain clamped in the vice.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

It doesn't though, does it? it just holds the cassette/freewheel in place while you undo the lockring with a wrench

DOH! yes, all it needed to do was hold the cassette in place.... and it failed.

 

[Moodyman]

The Bikehut one from Halfords is quite good. Halfords tools I find, are better than most non-branded stuff.

 

[Mad at urage]

Filter tool will 'work' yes, just needs the chain to be wrapped around the sprocket teeth before laying the handle on them - which means it tends to slide off sideways more easily (damaging knuckles, potentially the tool / sprockets) ... yeah can be made to work if pushed, a bit like molegrips (I occasionally use those too ).