[Closed] Powerlink etc removal made easy(er)

My multitool has one of these.
You can see it attached the side of the chain tool on the left.
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As an aside, most chain tools come with, albeit smaller, versions of these. Little bit more transportable as well.

Funny,I still have a wee bit wire like that in the shed ,I used to carry it around for fixing chains with a chaintool (before power links days) 🙂

Thanks for making the pics see-able Jamie.

I agree its a bit unwieldy to take out and about, but in the tool box its handy- when I remember its there.

I agree its a bit unwieldy to take out and about, but in the tool box its handy

Only needs to be a couple of links long so you can make it much shorter. Add a tab of tape for easy handling.
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Mine fits in a puncture repair case and used to stay in my pack (until I got a Hexus)

These make it even easier, and cost not much over a fiver. Why piss around with bent spokes when there is a cheap, proper tool for the job.

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These make it even easier, and cost not much over a fiver. Why piss around with bent spokes when there is a cheap, proper tool for the job.

Erm...the bent spoke is not to close/open the link. It is to hold the chain in place when it is broken/while you close it.

MSP

^^^ missed the point

I don't think I did [s]slow[/s]fasthaggis 😉

Damn you and your quick fingers jamie 😛

Add a tab of tape for easy handling.

That makes all the difference. 😆

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Cable tie the rear mech cage to the swing arm/ chainstay

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just take the back wheel out...?

I foolishly believed it was easiest just using my two hands.

Thanks OP, now I can save weight by chopping my hands off and just carry a piece of wire instead.

Cheers

just take the back wheel out...?

Yeah but then if you're being all 'pro cyclist' you won't rest the bike upside down so don't have enough hands to sort a broken chain with one hand while holding the bike off the ground with the other.

(awaits descriptions of how this is done and youtube evidence of someone doing it in precisely 2 seconds, with cold hands and while wearing boxing gloves, blindfold)

Wow, I used to think that opening and closing Powerlinks was easy, now I'm hopelessly confused.

I'm ashamed to say that I've just had a proper eureka moment! For ages that bent bit of wire has fallen off my chain tool every time I've used it, then got oil all over myself when trying to reconnect it.

I now know what it's for! 😳

Do you not take the chain off the chainring and let it rest on the bottom bracket thus taking all the tension out?

Do you not take the chain off the chainring and let it rest on the bottom bracket thus taking all the tension out?

I'm ashamed to say that I've just had a proper eureka moment! For ages that bent bit of wire has fallen off my chain tool every time I've used it, then got oil all over myself when trying to reconnect it.

I now know what it's for!

Not to kick a man while he is down, but what did you think it was for?

*sticks boot in*

Earwax removal.

Not to kick a man while he is down, but what did you think it was for?
*sticks boot in*

I'm far from being down matey, it's healthy to laugh at yourself from time to time. Honestly I just thought it was an annoying bit of wire which keeps falling off.
Every days a schoolday and all that 😉

I must admit it had me foxed too for about my first year of biking.

I carry a big strong paperclip for this...simples 😉

I just found out today that the black 10 speed links are nearly impossible to remove and Google says they are not meant to be opened again

Re-useable cable ties are such a useful bit of kit to drop in your bag, and this being one such moment of use. Great having a slack chain for removing the link, not so great breaking the thing open for the first time......I like the look of that tool MSP !

I hate to say this, but if you shift into the smallest cogs, the tension on the chain is minimal. If that's not good enough, dropping the chain of the front ring leaves plenty of slack (I realise this might not work if you have a chain device fitted).

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I just found out today that the black 10 speed links are nearly impossible to remove and Google says they are not meant to be opened again

If you pinch the chain between your finger and thumb on one hand to create a short loop with the powerlink horizontal and then use a pair of [url= https://www.google.co.uk/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=9TCOU7LMFaPR8gej-YCICg#q=bent+nose+internal+circlip+pliers ]Bent Nose Internal Circlip Pliers[/url] to pinch the rollers together the powerlink comes off dead easy. As for not reusing them, well I've got one on the road bike that's been off and on 5 times I think with no worries so far.