Is it safe to push a rivet back into a chain plate?

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02-17-09, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by xenologer

*shrug* if it was me
my convincing reason would be that I can do it in about 15mins with no extra parts, whereas the alternative requires a trip to a shop or waiting for a mail order and money/time spent.

Even putting aside we were talking about a SRAM chain so breaking was unnecessary to begin with, why break any chain in the first place without proper replacement part when proper replacement part is readily available and cheap? Besides, for me, a 15 minute run to a shop for a masterlink is better than a 10 mile walk home after my chain breaks and I don't have a chain tool with me.