Noweight chain tool?

[sloe]

My rivet extractor weighs near on 100g, stripped down to its minimum. I really begrudge that, so I've never taken it. And never needed it, fortunately.

But is there some way of just bashing out the rivet of a knackered bit of chain with a rock and a toothbrush or something?

I've experimented with a hammer and a sharpened masonry nail but no joy.

Can then sort it with split links I DO carry.

 

[mickle]

The very lightest chain tool I ever encountered was the Finishline 'Chain Pup'. Easy to make even lighter by removing the alen key 'driver' and the 'Shi**no' shim, taking a hacksaw to the handle and a bit of random filing.

Ive got one. Its lush.
You cant have it.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

I'd take the 100g chain tool over a long trudge home any day.

 

[Chuffy]

My rivet extractor weighs near on 100g, stripped down to its minimum. I really begrudge that, so I've never taken it. And never needed it, fortunately.

But is there some way of just bashing out the rivet of a knackered bit of chain with a rock and a toothbrush or something?

I've experimented with a hammer and a sharpened masonry nail but no joy.

Can then sort it with split links I DO carry.

Why not go for a multitool like the Topeak Hummer? Contains a chain tool and pretty much everything else you need. You need quite a bit of force to get a chain pin out, so you probably are stuck with using a tool (as opposed to a hedgehog prickle and a beech nut or whatever). Is saving less than 100g that much of a worry? I hear you can make your pump lighter by drilling it too....

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Why not go for a multitool like the Topeak Hummer? Contains a chain tool and pretty much everything else you need. You need quite a bit of force to get a chain pin out, so you probably are stuck with using a tool (as opposed to a hedgehog prickle and a beech nut or whatever). Is saving less than 100g that much of a worry? I hear you can make your pump lighter by drilling it too....

LMAO.

 

[sloe]

Well I've just spent three hours, grinding, drilling and hacksawing it down to 30g.

That's 20g/hour.

If I keep this up for 8 hrs/day it'll take about 220 days to get the whole thing, bike, luggage, tools, clothes, down to zero grammes.

So now we know: the Naked Rambler is actually a touring cyclist taken to his logical conclusion !!



Now please, dont anyone write in and say "Oh you can pop those rivets with just a canny flick of a tent peg".

 

[Chuffy]

Hoot! Go on, drill your cable outers, you know you want to!

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Don't forget all your diuretics and Senokot too.

 

[sloe]

I have actually got a sawn-off toothbrush.

Oh the shame....

 

[Mr Phoebus]

I have actually got a sawn-off toothbrush.

Oh the shame....

Bet that's a sod getting at the back teeth?

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Shave head.

Those eyebrows will have to go as well...too much weight!

 

[barq]

Well I've just spent three hours, grinding, drilling and hacksawing it down to 30g.

Wow - I've got to see a photo of that. Can you post a picture of your customised chaintool online?

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Originally Posted by sloe
Well I've just spent three hours, grinding, drilling and hacksawing it down to 30g.

Wow - I've got to see a photo of that. Can you post a picture of your customised chaintool online?

Me too. Please post a very light trimmed down JPG.

 

[sloe]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12416461@N04/1276104537/


And the allen keys could be replaced with hedgehog quills !!!

 

[Mr Phoebus]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12416461@N04/1276104537/


And the allen keys could be replaced with hedgehog quills !!!

LMAO. There's no doubt that you're the weight-weenie king.