Not probably 100% destroyed the chain. A cutting wheel doesn't push out a pin it just cuts it and I will admit we have used that or a bolt cutter for old worn out chains we are replacing but I generally recommend doing it correctly in case of some issue. Though this BSO sounds like it is being converted from a hunk of piece to a death trap so maybe a good cutting wheel could chop this frame up enough to easily fit into a bin to take to the scrap metal recyclers and maybe a few bucks could be made.

Yikes!!! We finally woke up the Pros. We're in trouble now!

Some people have no appreciation for classics.

I was watching a show about garbage pickers. The moderator said, "Anything vintage has intrinsically greater value." Even thirty year old bicycles?

I appreciate the classic bikes. To be honest, these new modern bikes are way to expensive and I'm not active enough in cycling to need anything that expensive

1949 BF Goodrich (Schwinn)

1980 Raleigh Grand Prix

Still in the works but almost ready to ride.

I own two bicycles. One was my Dad's 1949 BF Goodrich and I recently bought and have been rebuilding a 1980 Raleigh Grand Prix.

Nice Adirondak chair behind the blue bike.

I have been calling my 1980 Raleigh Grand Prix 'Old Blue'. As far as the Adirondack Chair, it looks good in the picture but it's gotten weathered, over years and needs some repair. I'll try to form some new parts out of some kind of wood. I don't like to throw something away, if I can fix it and bring it back to life.

Jeez, even AI is involved. I bought bike chain link pliers for $6 and today it's on sale for $1. I thought it was a coincidence that I looked for cargo shorts and suddenly I'm getting online ads for cargo shorts. I also ordered a collection of bike chain quick links. I'd hoped seeing the pliers and quick links together would be enough to allow me to see how these work. Maybe I'm over-thinking this; That's something I did often in college.

I see in a video using a tool to push the rivet in but using my 80# bench vise seems like overkill.

Yeah, it's everywhere.

Chain pliers work like pliers: insert open ends into chain links that are connected by the quick link, then squeeze. Quick link will disengage with a light pop, you can then pull the two halves apart to 'break' your chain.

Reversing for reassembly can be a little more fiddly depending on quick link design. Use chain pliers to pull open ends of chain together enough to insert quick link halves, then push the two sides into engagement.

Once both pins are properly seated, release the pliers then lightly turning the cranks while holding rear wheel still ought to seat those quick link pins in a jiffy.

That 'tool' is likely a traditional 'chain breaker':



- used to push pin linking two chain links out, then back in once again when it's time to reconnect. You won't need one of those tools (or your bench vise) if you're using quick links if your chain was originally connected with one.

Quick links do away with the need to break a chain by pushing out a link pin.

Too, newer chains have 'pins' (really 'bushing' is more correct) that are rolled over on their ends so they look like rivets. Push one of those out with a chain breaker, they're done, can't be re-used. That's where quick links come in handy.

Read this to learn more; start at the beginning, read to the end.

I ordered a SRAM 5-speed grip shift, It looks pretty simple but is only 3 inches wide. I guess having your last two fingers hanging off the handle bar isn't a big deal? Or do I need to download the online mounting instructions? Maybe glue some rubber to the end?

I don't see this ending well.

So you have something like this.

Once you install this Grip Shift onto the handlebar, you need to find a rubber handgrip to finish it off. I reconditioned a little 20" 7 Speed Bicycle, with some kind of Grip Shifter..I was able to find a rubber handgrip that matched the grip on the Grip Shifter. I cut off a portion of the Hand Grip and installed it on the end of the bar.