Is there a tool for...?

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

+1
Thats how i do it.

+2 me too

 

[Fiona N]

I have an absolutely ancient Blackburn multitool which has a metal spring thingie which will hold the ends of the chain together very nicely. It also fits so neatly onto the outside of the multitool that it was several years before I realised it actually detached and was another 'item' on the tool.

 

[rusty bearing]

You mean the chain holder here.
http://www.webbline.co.uk/default.asp?pID=5
invaluable in the workshop.

 

[wheres_my_beard]

Thanks for all the advice.

My chain connecting woes are over!