The best portable chain tool, and multi-tool in general, that I have found has been the Crank Brothers M17
http://www.crankbrothers.com/product/view/146 The spoke wrench is really what puts it over the top for me. Very easy to use and precise. Other than a 15mm for my fixed gear, it has everything I have ever needed. Scott On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 3:14 PM, David Banzer <daban...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jim, > What chain tool would you recommend? I have one in my kit, though I had to > think hard about whether I did or not, and just went and checked. It's > something old from a multitool kit that I lost long ago. It relies on an > allen wrench to do the pin pushing. My most common mistake is using locking > skewers/bolts and forgetting to bring the necessary tool. > David > Chicago > > > On Monday, March 23, 2015 at 1:19:16 PM UTC-5, Cyclofiend Jim wrote: >> >> Yeah... I'm consistently amazed how few riders have a chain tool (a _GOOD_ >> one) on board. If you have any kind of options as far as gearing, it's easy >> to drop a couple links and get home with a limited drivetrain. As a certain >> Gary Fisher once opined (early, early on...) "The most important think a >> (mountain) bike needs to do is get you home..." >> >> However, I'm shocked, SHOCKED! to see anyone with a single-cog type >> drivetrain venture anywhere without at least 8 links and a tool. That's >> part of the basic kit. We did a fixed gear ride a number of years ago, and >> only 2 out of 11 riders had a chain tool. >> >> so, there's that... >> >> - J > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
