Unanswered Quick link removal tool

[Roger20]

I use one of these at home but it's too big to carry in a saddlepack. What do you guys use to get a quick link apart on the trail because they can be very tight, even using this tool.

 

[dfkenevo]

This is what I carry with me.


KMC MissingLink Tire Levers / Quick Link Pliers

 

[deksawyer]

A piece of strong string or a bit of electrical wire does the job nicely. Stamp on the pedal with the brakes on and with the link at the top to refit.

 

[Davidwylie]

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[NULevo]

A few of us got one of these, small, cheap and works perfectly ;

MTB Bike Chain Link Pliers Clamp Bicycle Cycling Removal Repair Hand Tool | eBay

Size: 92mm in length (pliers). 1 Chain hook. Material: Steel.

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[MPJ]

Same as @Davidwylie

 

[steve_sordy]

String works, but you need gloves on, well my soft hands sure do!

 

[dobbyhasfriends]

I use an old gear cable.

 

[salko]

I'm carrying this multitool, fortunatelly still unused (touch wood): TOPEAK Multitool Power Lever, 7,50 €

 

[Roger20]

Thanks guys - the small Auto owners multi-tool look small and neat

 

[BrentD]

I've recently bought one of these:

Tradesman Multi-tool

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[BrentD]

String works, but you need gloves on, well my soft hands sure do!

In a similar vein, I've bodged it using a shoe lace out on the trail before.

 

[RickBullotta]

I use one of these at home but it's too big to carry in a saddlepack. What do you guys use to get a quick link apart on the trail because they can be very tight, even using this tool.

Curious question: why would you ever need to do this? If you have a perfectly good link, leave it. Just carry a second quick link if you break your chain. No tool needed to install the link.

 

[Superkoochy]

I have a oneup EDC in my steerer tube and I have the oneup link tool in the plastic tube that it has fitted to the bottom.

 

[Roger20]

Curious question: why would you ever need to do this? If you have a perfectly good link, leave it. Just carry a second quick link if you break your chain. No tool needed to install the link.

Sometimes derailleurs break or a chain gets tangled and twists badly - we've seen all sorts of things happen on group rides over the years. Carrying a few extra links and quick links has stopped someone being stranded a long way from home.

 

[Konanige]

I must agree, in my 35 years of riding on and mostly off road I have never ever encountered a situation that required undoing a quick chain link. I can understand having to put a chain back together on a ride so carry a spare always.

 

[steve_sordy]

I have never had to undo one on the trail either, because I too carry spares. However, when I first read that they could be undone with string I thought I'd try it in the comfort of my garage. I much prefer the specialist tool featured in the OP, but I don't bother carrying it in my pack.

PS: The pliers have an irritating habit of throwing the spring, so I have secured it with a small zip tie that goes around the handle and through the coil in the spring. That means that when it does come off it stays attached to the pliers instead of pinging half way across the garage.

 

[RickBullotta]

Sometimes derailleurs break or a chain gets tangled and twists badly - we've seen all sorts of things happen on group rides over the years. Carrying a few extra links and quick links has stopped someone being stranded a long way from home.

Yup. But never I have seen that require removal of a quick link. Removing links and installing another quick link, definitely. I guess my point is that it's not worth carrying the particular tool (quick link removal). I always carry a chain breaker though.

 

[Mikerb]

I just carry with me on rides a spare chain already cut to size plus a couple of quicklinks.
If you want to break a quicklink and do not have the tool any strong piece of string or wire will do using an allen key or similar to twist it like a tourniquet..............or a zip tie will often do it.