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For some unknown reason, I bought a Shimano chain. What a pain in the
ass with the single-use pin. I assume there is an after-market "quick link" for these things? I suppose I could Google it, but if there is a preferred product, I would appreciate knowing that. -- Jay Beattie. |
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Jay Beattie wrote:
For some unknown reason, I bought a Shimano chain. What a pain in the ass with the single-use pin. I assume there is an after-market "quick link" for these things? I suppose I could Google it, but if there is a preferred product, I would appreciate knowing that. Get a Revolver, or name the exact type of chain you bought. |
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On May 11, 8:15 am, Jay Beattie wrote:
For some unknown reason, I bought a Shimano chain. It was on sale? What a pain in the ass with the single-use pin. Uh-huh. I assume there is an after-market "quick link" for these things? I suppose I could Google it, but if there is a preferred product, I would appreciate knowing that. Sorry I'm no help - all SRAM here. Quite satisfactory. |
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On 5/11/2013 10:15 AM, Jay Beattie wrote:
For some unknown reason, I bought a Shimano chain. What a pain in the ass with the single-use pin. I assume there is an after-market "quick link" for these things? I suppose I could Google it, but if there is a preferred product, I would appreciate knowing that. The various major brands all work well. Measure across the chain or look on the package; get that width link, 6.6mm, 6.2mm, whatever. Generally, 4, 5, 6 derailleur chain may be easily joined with a rivet tool. 8, 9, 10, 11 should use a snap link for reasons you just intimately discovered. Sevens can go either way, as you prefer. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:15:10 PM UTC+1, Jay Beattie wrote:
For some unknown reason, I bought a Shimano chain. What a pain in the ass with the single-use pin. I assume there is an after-market "quick link" for these things? I suppose I could Google it, but if there is a preferred product, I would appreciate knowing that. -- Jay Beattie. First you need to measure very carefully to discover the width across links because even with a single "speed" there may be differences. Once you have the width of the chain, I recommend the KMC quick links. The Connex ones also work well enough. My experience with the SRAM quick links is that they don't last as long as a quality chain, which can be a nuisance (I use KMC X8 chains). I have reused a KMC quick link without any problem. Unless you have experience opening quick links, I suggest you practice before you have to do it on the road. My hands are soft -- I don't leave the house without gloves -- so I use a purpose made tool to break and refit quick links. Christ, 11-speed quick-links are pricey: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=57321 Here are some more, including the wrong one for my version of the KMC X8, http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=25439 Here are some more on the pages where I found the right one for my chain http://www.wiggle.co.uk/?s=chain+link Here are the official KMC quick link tool, a pair for opening and closing: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/kmc-chain-link-pliers/ But I use this one instead, a single tool rather than a pair: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=47439 Andre Jute |
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On Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:49:54 PM UTC+1, Sepp Ruf wrote:
Jay Beattie wrote: For some unknown reason, I bought a Shimano chain. What a pain in the ass with the single-use pin. I assume there is an after-market "quick link" for these things? I suppose I could Google it, but if there is a preferred product, I would appreciate knowing that. Get a Revolver, or name the exact type of chain you bought. Nice, if you can afford it, but I thought I saw where Rohloff stopped making the Revolver. Andre Jute |
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On Saturday, May 11, 2013 11:15:10 AM UTC-4, Jay Beattie wrote:
For some unknown reason, I bought a Shimano chain. What a pain in the ass with the single-use pin. I assume there is an after-market "quick link" for these things? I suppose I could Google it, but if there is a preferred product, I would appreciate knowing that. -- Jay Beattie. aaaaaaaaaaa what other chain is there ? you commute with a pin ? no snap on snap out link ? how in the fghrt567 are you cleaning the chain(s) ? and in the raining grit pits of Portland no lesso. good gur5tuk74!! incroyable. yeah. basic to owning a snap,linkmis having snap link pliers. poss grinding from a medium size Wal vise grip but with your $ buy one. 3-5 grams of rain grit loses one gear here. Your stronger 2x so 7 grams one gear if arithmetic. |
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On 2013-05-11, Jay Beattie wrote:
For some unknown reason, I bought a Shimano chain. What a pain in the ass with the single-use pin. I assume there is an after-market "quick link" for these things? I suppose I could Google it, but if there is a preferred product, I would appreciate knowing that. High-end Shimano chains are really strong, good chains. I'm sure glad that others have made compatible quick-links, though. What speed Shimano chain did you buy? For 9sp, use the SRAM quick-link. For 10sp, use the KMC quick-link. The Connex link works for 10sp as well, but seems to wear quickly. -- Gregory S. Sutter Mostly Harmless http://zer0.org/~gsutter/ |
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On 12/05/13 01:15, Jay Beattie wrote:
For some unknown reason, I bought a Shimano chain. What a pain in the ass with the single-use pin. I assume there is an after-market "quick link" for these things? I suppose I could Google it, but if there is a preferred product, I would appreciate knowing that. I prefer the one from Connex for my Campag 10s chain, if that's any help. I just tried removing a Clarks (??) quick link and had to use pliers. I don't have that problem with Connex. -- JS |
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Andre Jute writes:
On Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:15:10 PM UTC+1, Jay Beattie wrote: For some unknown reason, I bought a Shimano chain. What a pain in the ass with the single-use pin. I assume there is an after-market "quick link" for these things? I suppose I could Google it, but if there is a preferred product, I would appreciate knowing that. -- Jay Beattie. First you need to measure very carefully to discover the width across links because even with a single "speed" there may be differences. Once you have the width of the chain, I recommend the KMC quick links. The Connex ones also work well enough. My experience with the SRAM quick links is that they don't last as long as a quality chain, which can be a nuisance (I use KMC X8 chains). I have reused a KMC quick link without any problem. Unless you have experience opening quick links, I suggest you practice before you have to do it on the road. My hands are soft -- I don't leave the house without gloves -- so I use a purpose made tool to break and refit quick links. Christ, 11-speed quick-links are pricey: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=57321 Here are some more, including the wrong one for my version of the KMC X8, http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=25439 Here are some more on the pages where I found the right one for my chain http://www.wiggle.co.uk/?s=chain+link Here are the official KMC quick link tool, a pair for opening and closing: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/kmc-chain-link-pliers/ But I use this one instead, a single tool rather than a pair: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=47439 Thanks for providing the links. Occasionally I've found the quicklinks to be a bit of a pain to open, so a tool would be useful. Didn't know they existed. -- Joe Riel |
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