On Sat, 2009-08-08 at 15:04 -0600, tarik saleh wrote: > I am sure I am not unique, but I have never used anything other than > my hands to take them apart. They get tricky especially when dirty, > but you can bend them in and out of plane and they usually loosen up > pretty quick and open pretty easily.
When I take a chain off to clean it, I'm sitting there with a coffee can with an inch or so of mineral spirits in it, and as soon as the chain comes off it goes into the can to soak. I have a toothbrush handy as well, that I use to clean the chainrings with. So it's no trouble at all to dip that toothbrush into the mineral spirits and transfer a few drops onto the link before I open it. > If it is a new chain, don't use a > chain tool, it will catch up to you. And the bit you didn't mention is, when you push the pin out and back in, with some chains you run the risk of damaging the chain. Shimano's solution was for you to push the pin all the way out and replace it with a special pin that had a tapered point that you later broke off. Campagnolo's answer for its Spinal Tap group is a three hundred dollar chain tool. > > Chains have a habit of giving > > out when you are out of the saddle sprinting up a short incline or > > from a red light start. It is impressive how fast you crash in these > scenarios. That hurts just thinking about it! > So in summary, figure out how to use it right or maybe get > a shop to do it for you. > Amen. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
