good chain whip ideas?
 

anyone know of a good chain whip that also removes lockrings? I have a smaller tool but it really sucks and is nearly impossible to remove the lockring, i hear shimano has good tools...

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This set has both. For such a low price, it's a really useful set. I maintain/upgrade/etc five bikes with that set, works beautifully.

eai supertool does both but costs an arm and a leg.

I think bens has a couple options, I just ordered one, but they run about 40 bones.

make sure its 1/8 if thats what you need

make sure its 1/8" cause you might eventually need 1/8" and you can use a 1/8 on 3/32

I have the same kit, and it's worth it, but it has nothing for lockrings.

whoops, you're right. my lockring tool came from a different set...

I sense happyfuntime with the welder soon...

Nice, looks like a good set.

Why not just get a chainwhip and a lockring spanner?

I've got a Shimano one with both.

Thanks! I just ordered one! ;)

I got careless with my Hozan C205 lock ring tool and chipped it up so the teeth were unreliable. Hated to throw it away so I drilled it out and turned it into an 1/8" chain whip. It was surprisingly easy to drill and works fine.

The duraace tool has booth and comes with a 1/8" chain.

just drill three holes in any thin lockring tool and attach two pieces of chain. there's an explanation in the diy thread.

thats the one I snagged.

Why not just just use the rotafix method for cog removal and get a good lockring tool?

QFT.

In fact, let's quote this a few more times:

Yep.

Bonus reasoning : the euro-asia 'supertool' thingie is only good up to a 16t cog. Do you really want to limit yourself like that?