Bicycle Mechanics - Removing my chain

I just got my powerlink from performance and want to install it but don't have a chain tool to remove the pin on my chain. Is there anything I can use other than a chain tool to push that pin through? I'd rather not pay a shop to do something this simple and since I wont be using the tool more than once would like to avoid buying one ... but obviously it's not worth it if I can't safely remove the pin so ... any recommendations?

i can buy a chaintool at my bike shop for 7 dollars, i suggest you do the same. YOu never know when you may need it

i can buy a chaintool at my bike shop for 7 dollars, i suggest you do the same. YOu never know when you may need itThe right tools are good to have.

Yea they are, especially when you can pick one up so cheap, its not worth cutting corners. You dont need the 40 dollar shop tool

Buy the chain tool. I've got a $5 one that does the job nicely. You can use it again when you replace the chain...

btw, don't forget you'll need to remove two pins when you install the powerlink.

it's possible to hammer a nail through a pin to get it off, but be careful or you'll ruin the chain. I'd just buy the chain tool if I were you. it's a good one to have

If you are going the hammer route then make sure you use a surface to support the chain that is good and flat. And use a nail of just smaller diameter than the pin, and if you can grind the point of the nail off.

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Just get a chain tool dude. It pays for itself...over and over and over again...especially when your chain snaps 30 miles from home...

I agree with the others, buy the tool. You'll probably use it when you replace the chain in the future since you'll probably have to shorten the new chain.

Also, if you have a "multi-tool" (all-in-one cycling tools that folds like a pocket knife) it may have a chain breaker in it.

Using a hammer and punch isn't worth it. You could damage the side plates or links if the chain is not supported properly.

Buy the chain tool. It beats walking the last 10 miles home. Skip the burrito for lunch.

Since everybody else gave the "buy the right tool" answer -- which is right on the money -- I'll just give the flat-out sarcastic answer:

Your teeth . . . especially your incisors. Prepare to bite hard. ;)

Skip the burrito for lunch.

NFW.

Work another hour or take your rolled change to the bank, finally.

Neil
Blood type: guacamole

Spend the 45 bucks to get a topeak alien. You'll be glad you did.

Im too cheap to buy a multi tool, i have a ste of allen keys i carry around along with other basic tools i might need for my bike.

I have broken a chain. I was exactly at the furthest point from home. I'm glad I had my chain tool. There are three others riders out there that were walking that are glad I had a chain tool too.

well if your insistant on not buying a chain tool, when I couldnt find mine once and had to get an old chain off a friends bike i used a grinding wheel and ground off that chain

Do Not Be A Fool Be Cool Buy The Tool

A little pricey at $40 but it comes OCP-endorsed.

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A cheap chain tool will pay for itself once you replace your chain twice. Figure $5 labor, and there you go.

Heck, even Walmart sells dirt-cheap chain removers.




A little pricey at $40 but it comes OCP-endorsed.

Topeak Droid (http://www.topeak.com/products/droid.html)
http://www.topeak.com/products/images/Droid1_001.jpghttp://www.topeak.com/products/images/Droid2.jpg

All I have to say, is wow. :lol:

Now I think my chain tool is ugly. Thanks a lot.