Chain link remover tool

[DaveReading]

Well, 5-8 speed derailleurs use 3/32" chain mostly. More speeds usually means thinner chain.

I thought it was only the external width that varies as the number of cogs increases? The OP is referring to the internal width between the plates.

 

[Pale Rider]

I thought it was only the external width that varies as the number of cogs increases? The OP is referring to the internal width between the plates.

I don't know, but that could explain why chain tools are universal.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I thought it was only the external width that varies as the number of cogs increases? The OP is referring to the internal width between the plates.

After a certain "speed" only the external width changed on the chains. They did it by recessing the rivet heads.

 

[ufkacbln]

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I'm a sucker for multi tools. This is a Crank Bros. one with a chain link remover incorporated. Works very well. About £25 if I remember correctly.

+1

Although mine was free...

Found it on Bath Lane Recreation Ground and put up several notices about it, but no-one claimed it

 

[broady]

9, 10 & 11 speed are 11/128"
5 - 8 speed are are 11/32"

 

[meddyliol]

I eventually bought one of these. Chain came off in less than two minutes, cheap but worked.

 

[Alan O]

I made the mistake of buying this one (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321894344259?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDXT)...

Yeah, I've got one like that - useless, aren't they?

 

[mjr]

Yeah, I've got one like that - useless, aren't they?

The one I've got works OK, although the prongs are too wide to fit inside 9+-speed chain, so I use a different tool for those.

 

[Alan O]

The one I've got works OK, although the prongs are too wide to fit inside 9+-speed chain, so I use a different tool for those.

My cheap one actually worked a few times, but the thread was sloppy and it was hard to align the pin, and the pin bent after a few uses to make it useless. I have had ones of this cheap design before that have lasted better, so I guess my latest was probably a cheap copy of a cheap design.

Anyway, I've just replaced it with a Park Tool CT-5, which is clearly a far superior tool.