[CR]Re: Classicrendezvous Digest, Tools for Inch Pitch Chains

Hello Folks.

Try a tool from this set at the bottom of the page. Can you find the chain tool?

http://www.northroadbicycle.com/2005_aug.html

Yours in Cycling,

Gilbert Anderson

North Road Bicycle Company 519 W North St Raleigh, NC 27603 USA toll free: 800-321-5511 local: 919-828-8999

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e-mail: cyclestore@aol.com On Oct 12, 2005, at 2:55 PM, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org wrote:
> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:22:59 -0400 (EDT)
> From: wheelman@nac.net
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR][RE]Tools for inch pitch chains
>
> Well long before I got into the road bikes in a heavy way I was into
> the
> Balloon bikes. Those who know this part of the hobby know that pretty
> much
> all pre-war balloon bikes came with inch pitch or skip tooth as they
> are
> also called. I also had trouble finding a chain breaker till I
> discovered
> that taking a cheap chain breaker and snapping of the two outer
> positioning points in the breaker body did the trick. The half inch
> breakers use a saddle arrangement in the breaker body to position the
> link
> for the pin to hit it dead center. For inch pitch the outer points are
> in
> the way, just snap them off with some pliers and you have an inch pitch
> chain breaker.
>
> Good luck
> Ray Homiski
> Elizabeth, NJ