+1, I've had to do this. Chainring is definitely easier to remove than chain.

Also, lol @ OP.

True.

i wanna see that.

But i find centering up the chainring to be much more difficult than pressing a pin back in place.

Then again, I have no problem using a chain tool ;)

I really doubt the OP is racing on a track, or has such a tight chain so as not to be able to remove the wheel. (Because how would he get it on and not know how to get it off? I guess he could have gotten it used) Since he hasn't been back to the thread I assume he figured out how to drop the wheel out.

This and the 92 on the test I just got back just made my gloomy day a little brighter...thank you BFSSFG.

when a chain tool won't get the job done, use chain pliers!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...o/DSCF2679.jpg

that is a sweet piece of hotness. are these still for sale somewhere? NOS on ebay?

I got it off the CR list. I haven't used it yet other than on a scrap piece of chain. I think park makes a chain plier also? not sure.

they do, but it isn't pretty like those you posted.

Where's the OP? I'm still waiting for him to shed a little more light on this nonsense...

op figuring out how to remove his cranks, bottom bracket and headset in order to change his saddle angle.

^ With a hacksaw, hammer and chisel.

Is there another way to adjust your saddle?... I feel as though I've been doing this the hard way...

matco special tool part # BFH13. works like a charm. ;)

He figured it out, doubt he'll bother to reply now.

That's right jackasses I'm back

And I'm here to shed light on nonsense

Here's what really happened. from the beginning-

I was trying to take the chain of my Kilo Stripper mainly because I didn't like the gold chain and also because I don't think it was ever properly lubed, so I was going to get a new black chain and put that **** on. My bike was taken apart and put into storage over the winter so my wheels were up in my closet. I never bothered with taking the chain off while the frame was stored in the corner of my room. So yes, while I said I was taking the chain off to put a wheel back on ( I didn't realize asking for help demanded a reason) the main reason was to get rid of the non-lubed gold chain. Why didn't I say this in the first place? Maybe I was trying to avoid jackass comments about "lol u care about looks brah?! i dun care whut society thinkz of me and muh skinny jeanz".

I bought a little 5$ Bell chain tool from Ace Hardware and thought I would just remove the chain and replace it easy peasy. When I went to take it off as I said before the tool wouldn't budge. I thought maybe there was a special master pin I was supposed to remove as I knew it wasn't going to be this hard. All I got was snarky jackass remarks and no real answer except jackass animated .gif's and jackass "LOL THIZ KID IZNT BIKE PRO WHUT A NUB COON!" remarks. So yeah, I did hit that **** with a hammer until it pushed the pin out. I thought my chain was just **** from not being lubed and that's why it was being so difficult.

Fast forward 5 days later after not checking back here to see more jackass comments I got a new chain. I try to break it to fit it to my bike and the same problem is occuring. At this point I rage, slam my head off the floor a few times, and howl at the moon. Then I realize something- this ****ty little chain tool I'm using is getting stuck when pressure gets on it. It also is getting stuck when I try to un-screw it when there shouldn't be any pressure or resistance... FFFFFUUUUUUUUUU
I throw some lithium grease around the screwing part of the chain tool, give it another shot and it pushes out easy peasy. Everything went better than expected!.

Chain is back on the bike, with the wheels on, and I am now a certified master bicycle mechanic.

TL;DR- Yes I was using the chain tool right, no one here gave any troubleshooting steps but did supply jackass ******ry, maybe I was a bit of a dumbass for not thinking of lubing the chain tool when I got it, and I used the word "jackass" 6 times in this post.

Nub coon???

Your post was just confusing, that's all. And no, you shouldnt have needed to put grease on your chain tool to make it work.

Apparently when you have a 5$ Bell chain tool you do. It's probably just machined poorly, but I could understand it needed grease since its metal screwing through metal.

Also, I will try harders on my narrative skills.

LOL.

and yea, no one never wins in BFSSFG. Is like celebrity singers. You sing poorly, ppl criticize u. You sing exceptionally well, ppl accuse u of lip-syncing.

sig.ed

man, you just gotta start flexin'
http://img316.imageshack.us/img316/5771/lol16no.jpg

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=139162
flex, dawg

Hey, anyone who's used one of those cheap **** chainbreakers should cut the dude some slack. Lucky every time they work without self-destructing. Same for the cheap, ring-shaped spoke wrenches.